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Chicago Confidential (1957)

Chicago Confidential poster
Directed by
Sidney Salkow
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 15m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A crime reporter investigates corruption and organized crime in Chicago. He uncovers a web of bribery and violence connecting the police, politicians, and mob figures.

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What happens

Chicago Confidential is a 1957 American crime film noir directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Brian Keith, Beverly Garland and Dick Foran. It is based on the 1950 book Chicago: Confidential! by Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer. Chicago Confidential was the first film produced for Edward Small by Robert E. Kent, who had been a writer and story supervisor at Columbia. Small and Kent went on to make many movies together. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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