Portrait of a Mobster
1961 film by Joseph Pevney
- April 19, 1961 (1961-04-19)
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Portrait of a Mobster is a 1961 American crime film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Vic Morrow, Leslie Parrish and Ray Danton repeating his role as 'Legs' Diamond.[1][2]
Plot
Up-and-coming racketeer Dutch Schultz joins the Legs Diamond gang in Prohibition-era New York. A bootlegger named Murphy is murdered by Dutch, who falls for the dead man's daughter, Iris.
Iris marries her fiancé, Frank Brennan, a police detective. They need money and Frank accepts payoffs from Dutch, who is forming a gang of his own.
After getting rid of Legs, Mad Dog Coll and others standing in his way, Dutch again makes a play for Iris, but she learns that he killed her father and begins to drink. Frank vows to reform and win her back. Betraying his pal Bo to the mob, Dutch discovers that a hit has been put out on himself as well. While fighting for his life, he is shot by Bo by mistake and is killed.
Cast
- Vic Morrow as Dutch Schultz
- Leslie Parrish as Iris Murphy
- Peter Breck as Frank Brennan
- Norman Alden as Bo Wetzel
- Robert McQueeney as Michael Ferris
- Ken Lynch as Lieutenant D. Corbin
- Stephen Roberts as Guthrie
- Joseph Gallison as Vincent Coll
- Frank DeKova as Anthony Parazzo
- Ray Danton as "Legs" Diamond
- Joseph Gallison as "Mad Dog" Coll
- Larry J. Blake as John Murphy
- Harry Holcombe as Capt. Bayridge
- Frances Morris as Louise Murphy
- Gil Perkins as Joe Murdoch
- Jon Kowal asLou Rhodes
- Arthur Tenen as Steve Matryck
- Eddie Hanley as Matty Krause
- Joe Turkel as Joe Noe
- Anthony Eisley as Legal Advisor
- Poncie Ponce as Master of Ceremonies
Score
Howard Jackson compiled the score from White Heat and four other Max Steiner scores.[3]
References
- ^ "Portrait of a Mobster (1961) - Joseph Pevney | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.com.
- ^ PORTRAIT OF A MOBSTER, Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 28, Iss. 324, (January 1, 1961): p. 99.
- ^ McCarty, Clifford (1996). "A Max Steiner Filmography". In D'Arc, James; Gillespie, John N. (eds.). The Max Steiner Collection. Provo, Utah: Special Collections and Manuscripts, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.
External links
- Portrait of a Mobster at IMDb
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Films directed by Joseph Pevney
- Shakedown (1950)
- Undercover Girl (1950)
- Iron Man (1951)
- Air Cadet (1951)
- The Lady from Texas (1951)
- The Strange Door (1951)
- Meet Danny Wilson (1952)
- Flesh and Fury (1952)
- Because of You (1952)
- Just Across the Street (1952)
- Back to God's Country (1953)
- It Happens Every Thursday (1953)
- Desert Legion (1953)
- Yankee Pasha (1954)
- 3 Ring Circus (1954)
- Six Bridges to Cross (1955)
- Foxfire (1955)
- Female on the Beach (1955)
- Congo Crossing (1956)
- Away All Boats (1956)
- Istanbul (1957)
- Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)
- The Midnight Story (1957)
- Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
- Twilight for the Gods (1958)
- Torpedo Run (1958)
- The Crowded Sky (1960)
- Cash McCall (1960)
- The Plunderers (1960)
- Portrait of a Mobster (1961)
- The Night of the Grizzly (1966)
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