Hoodlum Empire
15/04/1952
2h



It's a deadly play for power when a Mafia chieftain's top gun goes straight and threatens to testify against the big boss and his cruel, nationwide network of crime. The picture, which was shot in a semi-documentary style, was inspired by the Kefauver investigations of 1950-51.
Cast


Brian Donlevy
Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens


Claire Trevor
Connie Williams


Forrest Tucker
Charles A. 'Charley' Pignatalli


Vera Ralston
Marte 'Marty' Dufour Gray


Luther Adler
Nicholas 'Nick' Mancani


John Russell
Joe Gray


Gene Lockhart
Sen. Tower


Grant Withers
Rev. Simon Andrews


Richard Jaeckel
Ted Dawson


Roy Roberts
Police Chief


Whit Bissell
Pickpocket


Don Beddoe
Sen. Blake


Francis Pierlot
Uncle Jean


Taylor Holmes
Benjamin Lawton


Roy Barcroft
Morris Draper


William Murphy
Pete Dailey


Richard Benedict
Silky Tanner


Mikel Conrad
Chunce


Thomas Browne Henry
Commissioner Mermant


Douglas Kennedy
Brinkley


Richard Reeves
Rollins


William Schallert
Inquiry Clerk


Sid Tomack
Meyers


Charles Trowbridge
Commissioner Garrison


Phillip Pine
Louis Barretti
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