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The Phenix City Story

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NR,1hr 40min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1955
Director:
Phil Karlson
Starring:
John McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn Grant  ...more
Synopsis: Based on actual events, The Phenix City Story tells the tale of a wide-open "Sin City" in Alabama (across a bridge from Columbus, GA, and just a stone's throw from the Ft. Benning Army base) where gambling, prostitution, and any number of other vices were tolerated openly by the law, most of it centered on the main downtown drag, 14th Street, thanks to the 50-year influence of organized crime on the local government. Reform groups, mostly in the form of vigilantes, had tried to clean up "the wickedest ... Full Synopsis
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Bruce Eder, AMG Review
One of the most violent and realistic crime films of the 1950s, The Phenix City Story pulses with the bracing energy of actual life captured on the screen in its establishing shots and key scenes, and punctuates that background with explosively filmed action scenes. Director Phil Karlson showed just how good he was at merging well-told screen drama with vivid verisimilitude, and leaving no seams to ... Full Review
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John McIntire
Albert Patterson
Richard Kiley
John Patterson
Kathryn Grant
Ellie Rhodes
Edward Andrews
Rhett Tanner
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