Allied Artists
Directed by Phil Karlson
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros.)
Documentary-style potboiler of gambling and corruption in an Alabama town. John McIntire is a lawyer coaxed out of retirement when his son is beaten up by local mobsters. He loses a court case when the jury is threatened so decides to run for Attorney General of the state. He wins, but is soon murdered. His son takes over the cause. An unnecessary newsreel-style prologue is a series of interviews with the "man on the street" in Phenix City, but gives away the ending of the film. Some of the violence is directed towards children and is shocking even by today's standards.
Directed by Phil Karlson
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros.)
Documentary-style potboiler of gambling and corruption in an Alabama town. John McIntire is a lawyer coaxed out of retirement when his son is beaten up by local mobsters. He loses a court case when the jury is threatened so decides to run for Attorney General of the state. He wins, but is soon murdered. His son takes over the cause. An unnecessary newsreel-style prologue is a series of interviews with the "man on the street" in Phenix City, but gives away the ending of the film. Some of the violence is directed towards children and is shocking even by today's standards.
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