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Cry of the City

Robert Siodmak
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Robert Siodmak: Dark Visionary

December 11 - 19, 2024

Shot mostly on location in New York City, Siodmak’s gritty crime drama follows two childhood best friends who take divergent paths: one becomes a cop (Victor Mature); the other, a cop killer (Richard Conte).

DIRECTOR
Robert Siodmak
YEAR
1948
COUNTRY
U.S.
RUNTIME
95 minutes
FORMAT
35mm

Siodmak frequently used the noir genre almost as a means of moral-philosophizing, and this is perhaps nowhere better illustrated than in this gritty crime drama about two childhood best friends who take divergent paths: one becomes a cop (Victor Mature); the other, a cop killer (Richard Conte). The killer must grapple with confessing to a murder he did not commit in order to save his girlfriend from being framed for the crime. Shot mostly on location in New York City, the film features a thrilling score by Alfred Newman and is based on a masterful script by uncredited screenwriter Ben Hecht. 35mm print courtesy of the George Eastman Museum, lent by an anonymous collector.

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