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City Across the River (1949)

City Across the River poster
Directed by
Maxwell Shane
Genre
film noir, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a tough city neighborhood, a group of teenagers gets caught up in violence and crime. One boy faces difficult choices that lead to tragedy.

tensegrittymelancholicurbansuspensefulbleakdarknoir-ish

What happens

City Across the River is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Maxwell Shane and starring Stephen McNally, with Sue England and Barbara Whiting in principal support. The screenplay is based on the novel The Amboy Dukes by Irving Shulman. The film is the credited screen debut of Tony Curtis (billed onscreen as "Anthony Curtis"). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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