When Gangland Strikes

IMDb link: 0049947
IMDb rating: 6 (114 votes)
Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Director: R.G. Springsteen
Cast: Raymond Greenleaf, Marjie Millar, John Hudson, Anthony Caruso and others

Release date: 15 Mar 1956
Release year: 1956
Runtime: 70 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: horseshoe throwing, shot in the back, amusement park, directed not guilty verdict, campaign poster, small town, murder trail, pipe smoking, pocket watch, cross examination

Plot:

A big-time gang leader's trial is moved to a small town. The town's prosecutor discovers that the gangster knows about a secret the prosecutor has been trying to keep hidden, and threatens to expose it unless the prosecutor deliberately throws the trial.

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