The Phenix City Story
ALABAMA'S CITY OF SIN AND SHAME!
A crime-busting lawyer and his initially reluctant attorney father take on the forces that run gambling and prostitution in their small Southern town.
- 6.5
- 1955
- Released
- 1h 40m
John McIntire
Albert L. "Pat" Patterson
Richard Kiley
John Patterson
Kathryn Grant
Ellie Rhodes
Edward Andrews
Rhett Tanner
Lenka Peterson
Mary Jo Patterson
Biff McGuire
Fred Gage
Truman Smith
Ed Gage
Jean Carson
Cassie
Kathy Marlowe
Mamie
John Larch
Clem Wilson
Allen Nourse
Jeb Bassett
James Edwards
Zeke Ward
Helen Martin
Helen Ward
Otto Hulett
Hugh Bentley
George Mitchell
Hugh BrittonMa Beachie
SelfJames E. Seymour
SelfClete Roberts
Self, The InterviewerEd Strickland
SelfHugh Bentley
SelfHugh Britton
SelfQuinny Kelly
SelfAgnes Patterson
Self
Meg Myles
Judy (uncredited)Sol Gorss
Policeman at Trial (uncredited)Ricky Klein
Johnny Patterson (uncredited)Gil Perkins
Wilson's Henchman (uncredited)Brandon Peters
Gunter (uncredited)Paul Reed
Policeman (uncredited)
Richard Rust
Soldier (uncredited)Reese Taylor
Jenkins (uncredited)Arthur Tell
Barton (uncredited)
Released
en
- #gambling
- #alabama
- #film noir
- #prostitution
- #political assassination
- #docudrama
- #crime syndicate
Reviews
I'm not stickin' my neck out. Why should I? Phenix City has been what it is for 80, 90 years. Who am I to try to reform it? The Phenix City Story is directed by Phil Karlson and written by Daniel Mainwaring and Crane Wilbur. It stars John McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn Grant, Edward Andrews and John Larch. Music is by Harry Sukman and cinematography by Harry Neumann. A crime-busting lawye