The Lawbreakers (1961)

Directed by

Joseph M. Newman

Genre

film noir, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 19m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A scheme to steal from the syndicate goes wrong and leads to murders. A police commissioner investigates the killings while dealing with corruption in the city government and police force.

tensegrittysuspensefulbleaknoirishmethodicalcorrupt

What happens

The Lawbreakers is a 1961 American film directed by Joseph M. Newman. Made in a film noir style, the crime drama is based on the pilot episode of the 1961 television series The Asphalt Jungle and stars an ensemble cast including Jack Warden, Vera Miles, Robert Douglas, and Arch Johnson. The film tells the story of a scheme to double-cross the syndicate and steal its money, and of a police commissioner's efforts to investigate homicides that take place as the scheme unfolds while also fighting corruption in the city government and police department. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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