Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueRookie New York cop has to deal with juvenile delinquents, his superiors, and blame for the suicide of a woman who jumped to her death while he was in her apartment.Rookie New York cop has to deal with juvenile delinquents, his superiors, and blame for the suicide of a woman who jumped to her death while he was in her apartment.Rookie New York cop has to deal with juvenile delinquents, his superiors, and blame for the suicide of a woman who jumped to her death while he was in her apartment.
- Director
- Writers
- Stars
Diana Millay
- Joan
- (as Diana Milay)
Andra Martin
- Frances
- (as Sandra Rehn)
Ted Erwin
- Sergeant #1
- (as Ted Irwin)
Wolfe Barzell
- Tiny's Father
- (as Wolf Barzell)
Stephen Elliott
- Harry
- (as Stephen Eliot)
Avis en vedette
It's the first day for New York city beat cop John Dean (George Montgomery). He's taking over from a retiring veteran who allowed for a loose interpretation of the law. John is the opposite and he intends to clean up. Leon owns the local bar, owns the police, and runs the wild streets. Nancy is the underaged wild girl working in the bar. Terry is the local drunk who often takes off her clothes in the street.
It's a police melodrama. It's a 50's fantasy street life. There is an element of selling to middle America. There is over-acting here and characters worthy of pulpy crime comics. It's fun in an enjoyable B-movie way. The actors are pretty good despite the melodramatic material. The characters may be one-dimensional but compelling enough to be rooting interest.
It's a police melodrama. It's a 50's fantasy street life. There is an element of selling to middle America. There is over-acting here and characters worthy of pulpy crime comics. It's fun in an enjoyable B-movie way. The actors are pretty good despite the melodramatic material. The characters may be one-dimensional but compelling enough to be rooting interest.
This camp classic deserves more recognition. Rookie cops tries to get the underbelly of society to play by the rules. They resist. "Get your ticket writing fingahs offa me!" The homeliest leading lady in movie history and Geraldine Brooks had come a long way down from her Warner Bros. Starlet days a few years ago.
Law abiding citizens today will yearn for tame 1950s criminalovs. I love sanitized 1950s Hollywood. The hookers wear pearls.
Law abiding citizens today will yearn for tame 1950s criminalovs. I love sanitized 1950s Hollywood. The hookers wear pearls.
John (George Montgomery) is a rookie cop about to start his first beat. However, he is quite naive and knows little about the neighborhood and the hood who runs it. Leon (Nehemiah Persoff) is a small-time mobster who has connections in City Hall....and for years, folks have ignored Leon. But while at first Leon seems like a minor crook who isn't doing much harm, his influence goes far beyond just serving liquor to underage kids in his bar. Can John manage to stand up to Leon and both keep his job AND not get his head blown off as well? And, can John effect change when his fellow officers don't seem to care?
Despite the film initially seeming pretty cheesy and stiff, the film improves as you watch. It soon becomes tense and exciting....and leads to a dandy finale. Well made and very well written.
By the way, believe it or not, Persoff turns 102 this August. Good luck to a fine, fine actor....and he sure plays an excellent villain!
Despite the film initially seeming pretty cheesy and stiff, the film improves as you watch. It soon becomes tense and exciting....and leads to a dandy finale. Well made and very well written.
By the way, believe it or not, Persoff turns 102 this August. Good luck to a fine, fine actor....and he sure plays an excellent villain!
If you can get past the stereotyping, clichés, cheesy dialogue, and the fiery jazz soundtrack with screeching brass, you will probably enjoy this as a solid B movie. It started out typical, but it progressed into a formidable sociological statement. It is entertaining!
It's clear the entire cast wanted this project to succeed. For that reason, I categorize this as an ensemble. Some actors shine; some do not. But my gut instinct tells me the entire crew was so happy to be working that they decided to give it their all. And it shows.
I rate this film a 7 because of the production, which includes the director. It's typical Hollywood, but that's what makes it fun. Not for those who can't handle dated films.
It's clear the entire cast wanted this project to succeed. For that reason, I categorize this as an ensemble. Some actors shine; some do not. But my gut instinct tells me the entire crew was so happy to be working that they decided to give it their all. And it shows.
I rate this film a 7 because of the production, which includes the director. It's typical Hollywood, but that's what makes it fun. Not for those who can't handle dated films.
A cop on the beat, looking after the goings on for a street assigned to him, is a rather quaint notion, but given life by straight-shooter George Montgomery in this dated but entertaining B-movie.
It's loaded with stereotypes and cliche plot twists, but the cast does a fine job making it eminently watchable. Nehemiah Persoff is terrific as a truly good bad guy -in fact, his self-serving statements on how he holds the street together and is worthy of running things is far more convincing than George's bull-in-a-china-shop approach as an unbending, old-hat cop who insists on playing everything by the book.
It's a revelation to see young Geraldine Brooks as a sexy drunk with the proverbial heart of gold. As the young teen lead Marilee Earle is a striking and forceful beautiful brunette -I was surprised to see that her career went nowhere in a hurry.
It's loaded with stereotypes and cliche plot twists, but the cast does a fine job making it eminently watchable. Nehemiah Persoff is terrific as a truly good bad guy -in fact, his self-serving statements on how he holds the street together and is worthy of running things is far more convincing than George's bull-in-a-china-shop approach as an unbending, old-hat cop who insists on playing everything by the book.
It's a revelation to see young Geraldine Brooks as a sexy drunk with the proverbial heart of gold. As the young teen lead Marilee Earle is a striking and forceful beautiful brunette -I was surprised to see that her career went nowhere in a hurry.
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesBy the "9" on Officer Dean's uniform, he is working out of the New York Police Department's 9th Precinct, which covers the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City - which is the area in which this production was filmed.
- GaffesA moving shadow of the boom microphone is visible about 4 minutes in, on the wall of a building in a street scene with two cops and three juveniles.
- ConnexionsReferenced in Naked City: No More Rumbles (1958)
- Bandes originalesRicky's Theme Tune
Composed and Played by Danny Welton
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- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Cross-Up
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- Durée1 heure 20 minutes
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- Rapport de forme
- 1.85 : 1
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