The Gangster

HE'S GOT THE TOWN BY THE THROAT!

84 mins
Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan as a small-time hood who suffers a mental breakdown as his big plans begin to crumble. Beautiful Belita is the slumming society girlfriend who only fuels his paranoia.

Belita

Nancy Starr

Akim Tamiroff

Nick Jammey

Fifi D'Orsay

Mrs. Ostroleng

Ted Hecht

Swain (as Theodore Hecht)

John Kellogg

Sterling

Edwin Maxwell

Politician (as Eddie Maxwell)

Dewey Robinson

Pool Player

Larry Steers

Headwaiter

Marie Blake

Hotel maid

Griff Barnett

Dorothy's father

Sid Melton

Nightclub stage manager

Jeff Corey

Garage mechanic

Peter Whitney

Garage mechanic

Frank King

Producer

Maurice King

Producer

Daniel Fuchs

Screenplay

Louis Gruenberg

Original Music Composer

Paul Ivano

Director of Photography

Gordon Wiles

Director

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