The Phenix City Story (1955) | |
| Director(s) | Phil Karlson |
| Producer(s) | Samuel Bischoff |
| Top Genres | Crime, Drama, Film Noir, Historical |
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The Phenix City Story (1955) was a Crime - Drama Film directed by Phil Karlson and produced by Samuel Bischoff.
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Day Fourteen of Noirvember: Stranger Than Fiction — The Phenix City Story
By shadowsandsatin on Nov 14, 2018 From Shadows and SatinThe Phenix City Story is a 1955 noir directed by Phil Karlson and starring John McIntire, Richard Kiley, and Kathryn Grant. The title location is a lawless town in Alabama where the crooks are running the show and the cops are ineffectual at best, and on the payroll of the head mobster, Rhett Tanner... Read full article
Film Noir Files: The Phenix City Story
By Amanda Garrett on Jun 1, 2017 From Old Hollywood FilmsThe docudrama The Phenix City Story (1955) is the latest addition to Old Hollywood Film's noir files. The Phenix City Story (1955) is a fascinating true crime noir that deals with real events in an Alabama town that was known as "Sin City, U.S.A." The Phenix City Story begins when John Patter... Read full article
The Phenix City Story (1955)
By Beatrice on Jun 25, 2013 From Flickers in TimeThe Phenix City Story Directed by Phil Karlson 1955/USA Allied Artists Pictures First viewing #297 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This semi-documentary film tells the story of a crusade to fight a vice racket that had run Phenix City, Alabama for the better part of a century. ?While it... Read full article
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This is one of Martin Scorsese's personal favorite films.
The film was in production so quickly, some of the criminals it was portraying were standing trial while filming was taking place.
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