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Release year: 1958

Storyline

Lawyer Tommy Farrell is a defender of crooks. Vicki Gaye encourages him to go straight, but mob king Rico Angelo insists otherwise.

Top credits

Directors

Nicholas Ray

Writers

Cast

Robert Taylor — Tommy Farrell
Cyd Charisse — Vicki Gaye
Lee J. Cobb — Rico Angelo
John Ireland — Louis Canetto

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Did you know

• Director Nicholas Ray certainly was impressed with Robert Taylor's commitment. "He worked for me like a true Method actor," said Ray, who remembered Taylor going to an osteologist, poring over X-rays, and asking probing questions so that he would have an understanding of where in his body the pain would be from his character's crippled leg.

• This film did well at the box office, earning MGM a profit of $454,000 ($5M in 2024) according to studio records. This film pulled in a higher gross overseas than in the USA and Canada, a rare event for the time.

• Robert Taylor really limped during the shooting, which is the reason he uses a prop cane to walk. He broke the heel of his left foot before shooting started, near his swimming pool.