Cry of the City (1948)
From the heart of its people comes the ... cry of the city.
Director: Robert Siodmak · Writer: Richard Murphy
Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?
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Director
Robert Siodmak
Cast
Victor Mature
Lt. Candella 
Richard Conte
Martin Rome 
Fred Clark
Lt Collins 
Shelley Winters
Brenda Martingale 
Betty Garde
Miss Pruett 
Berry Kroeger
W. A. Niles 
Tommy Cook
Tony Rome 
Debra Paget
Teena Riconti 
Hope Emerson
Rose Given 
Roland Winters
Ledbetter 
Walter Baldwin
Orvy 
June Storey
Miss Boone, Nurse User Reviews (1)
Maybe not my first choice as leading man here, but to be fair to Victor Mature he turns in one of his better efforts as officer "Candella". When low-life "Rome" (Richard Conte) finds himself lying in an hospital bed, badly bruised and being pressured by the odious lawyer "Niles" (Barry Kroeger) to admit to a robbery he didn't commit, it falls to the policemen to try to verify who did/knew what - and soon we discover that we have a cop-killer to find. Now "Candella" has been an integral part of this close-knit community for a very long time. He is treated almost like a son by "Ma Rome" and is pretty conflicted as he balances what is right for his job with his local loyalties and his conscience. Things take a turn for the worse for "Rome" when his girlfriend "Teena" (Debra Paget) starts to become embroiled in the investigation and quickly he is faced with tough choices that could put lives…
