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The Naked Street (1955)

The Naked Street poster
Directed by
Maxwell Shane
Genre
drama film, film noir
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A tough enforcer manipulates the legal system to get his sister's boyfriend acquitted of a murder he actually committed. Then he tries to control every aspect of their lives to keep the secret safe.

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What happens

The Naked Street is a 1955 American film noir directed by Maxwell Shane. The drama features Farley Granger, Anthony Quinn and Anne Bancroft in a story about an enforcer who tries to control his sister's life by falsely clearing her boyfriend of murder. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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