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Poster for Roger Touhy, Gangster

Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944)

NR ★ 7.0/10 65 min Crime, Drama United States English
Director: Robert Florey
Screenplay by: Jerome Cady, Crane Wilbur
Story by: Crane Wilbur
Streaming: Not available
LAST OF THE GANGSTERS!

Description

Set during Prohibition, the movie centers on Touhy's rise from small time thug to the city's most powerful bootlegger whose empire is rivaled only by that of Al Capone (who is referred to, but never named in the story). It is his rival who frames Touhy for kidnapping and arranges for him to serve a life-long term in Stateville prison. Determined to be free again, the desperate Touhy and his cellmate Basil "the Owl" Banghart, begin plotting a violent break out.

Top Cast

Preston Foster
Preston Foster Roger Touhy
Victor McLaglen
Victor McLaglen Herman "Owl" Banghart
Lois Andrews
Lois Andrews Daisy
Kent Taylor
Kent Taylor Steve Warren
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn George Carroll
William Post Jr.
William Post Jr. Joseph P. Sutton
Harry Morgan
Harry Morgan Thomas "Smoke" Reardon
Matt Briggs
Matt Briggs Cameron

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