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Crime in the Streets is a 1956 American crime drama film about juvenile delinquency, directed by Don Siegel and based on a television play written by Reginald Rose. The play first appeared on the Elgin Hour and was directed by Sidney Lumet.
Crime in the Streets: Directed by Don Siegel. With James Whitmore, John Cassavetes, Sal Mineo, Mark Rydell. Social worker tries to befriend local slum gang.
Crime in the Streets is set in a rough urban neighborhood where the local residents are menaced by the Dukes, a street gang led by Frankie Dane (John Casssavetes). When Mr. McAllister (Malcolm Atterbury) witnesses a dockside rumble between the Dukes and rival gang, the New York Hornets, he reports it to the police and Lenny (James Ogg), one of ...
A social worker (James Whitmore) tries to reach a street-gang leader (John Cassavetes) who plans to kill a man over a slap.
The Don Siegel film, not unlike West Side Story (1957), is about rival gangs in New York. The amazing cast includes John Cassavetes, Sal Mineo, James Whitmore, Mark Rydell and Virginia Gregg. Crime in the Streets gave Waxman the opportunity to write contemporary jazz much in the mold of Ellington.
Crime in the Streets is directed by Don Siegel and written by Reginald Rose. It stars John Cassavetes, James Whitmore, Sal Mineo, Mark Rydell, Virginia Gregg, Peter J. Votrian, Will Kuluva and Malcolm Atterbury. Music is scored by Franz Waxman and cinematography by Sam Leavitt.
There's a street-corner girl who dances with her mouth, and there's Cassavetes as Frankie, the leader who can't bear to be touched, dripping all the bug-eyed surliness of his grown-up movies and...
