The Phenix City Story

1955
Approved
1 घं 40 मि

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Docudrama Film Noir True Crime Crime Drama

अपनी भाषा में प्लॉट जोड़ेंA crime-busting lawyer and his initially reluctant attorney father take on the forces that run gambling and prostitution in their small Southern town.A crime-busting lawyer and his initially reluctant attorney father take on the forces that run gambling and prostitution in their small Southern town.A crime-busting lawyer and his initially reluctant attorney father take on the forces that run gambling and prostitution in their small Southern town.

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7.2/10

3.4 हज़ार

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- 1 जीत और कुल 1 नामांकन

फ़ोटो18

+ 11

इस तरह के और

6.7

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6.6

6.8

7.0

7.1

7.3

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7.0

6.7

7.4

6.8

7.2

7.0

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ट्रिविया
In the film, John Patterson (Richard Kiley) is depicted as supportive of African-American Zeke Ward (James Edwards) and his family. In real life, following his term as Alabama attorney general (1954-58), Patterson ran for governor in 1958 in an openly racist campaign and won. One of his opponents, George Wallace, had run as a racial moderate and told his friends after the election, "John Patterson out-niggered me, and I'm never gonna be out-niggered again." Four years later, in 1962, Wallace won the governorship of Alabama as an avowed segregationist.

गूफ़
A moving shadow of the boom microphone can be seen on the wall above the promotion poster after the fight in the alley scene.

भाव
Albert L. Patterson: Rhett, 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?

इसके अलावा अन्य वर्जन
The initial release version ran 87 minutes, but soon after, a 13-minute "newsreel" preface was added and an epilogue, read by Richard Kiley. The real John Patterson used this film as campaign too when he ran for Governor of Alabama (beating the young George Wallace). Patterson filmed the same epilogue as Kiley, and Patterson's version was used when the film played in Alabama.

कनेक्शन
Featured in Century of Cinema: A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)

साउंडट्रैक
Phenix City Blues
Music and Lyrics by Harold Spina
Sung by Meg Myles

उपयोगकर्ता समीक्षाएं60

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7/10

Different and Violent Film-Noir

In the 1940s and 1950s in Alabama, the notorious Phenix City is a town ruled by the organized crime and prostitution and gambling are the main economical activities. The police department is corrupt and the criminal Rhett Tanner (Edward Andrews) is the big boss. When the famous lawyer Albert "Pat" L. Patterson (John McIntire) welcomes his son John Patterson (Richard Kiley) that has just returned from Germany with his wife and children, he intends to keep his calm life in a neutral position and work with his son. However, there are serious and violent incidents and Albert Patterson accepts to run the elections to become the Attorney General of Alabama to clean Phenix City. He wins the election but is shot when he is leaving his office and dies. Now John seeks revenge but using the law instead of violence.

"The Phenix City Story" is a different and violent film-noir based on the true story of the assassination of Albert "Pat" L. Patterson. The film has great performances and the violence is impressive for a 1955 Hollywood film. The beginning with the documentary style is boring, but after the initial credits, the film becomes great. In the end, this story proves that one person can make the difference in a story of a country. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Cidade do Vício" ("City of the Vicious")