Roaring City

1951 film by William A. Berke
  • Julian Harmon
  • Herbert H. Margolis
  • Lou Morheim
  • Victor West
Produced by
  • Jack Leewood
  • William Berke
Starring
  • Hugh Beaumont
  • Edward Brophy
  • Richard Travis
CinematographyJack GreenhalghEdited by
  • Carl Pierson
  • Harry Reynolds
Music byBert Shefter
Production
company
Spartan Productions
Distributed byLippert Pictures
Release date
  • May 4, 1951 (1951-05-04)
Running time
59 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Roaring City is a 1951 American crime film produced and directed by William Berke and starring Hugh Beaumont, Edward Brophy and Richard Travis.[1] It was distributed by the independent Lippert Pictures as a second feature[2] intended for television as well as the cinema.[3]

The film is closely related to the 1951 film Pier 23, which was filmed simultaneously with the same director, producers and cast, and with similar opening sequences. The two films were released at the same time, both as second features. Although Lipper Pictures announced before production that the project originally titled Pier 23 was to be retitled as Roaring City,[4] the films are separate and have different overall plots.

Plot

A private detective investigates a boxer's sudden death in San Francisco.

Cast

  • Hugh Beaumont as Dennis O'Brien
  • Edward Brophy as 'Professor' Frederick Simpson Schicker
  • Richard Travis as Inspector Bruger
  • Joan Valerie as Irma Rand
  • Wanda McKay as Sylvia Rand
  • Rebel Randall as Gail Chase
  • William Tannen as Ed Gannon
  • Greg McClure as Steve Belzig, alias Vic Lundy
  • Anthony Warde as Bill Rafferty
  • Abner Biberman as Eddie Paige
  • Stanley Price as Harry Barton
  • A.J. Roth
  • Paul Brooks as Ted Fallon, alias Steve Rand

See also

References

  1. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. Washington, D.C., USA: Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1951. p. 41.
  2. ^ PIER 23 (Lippert-Exclusive) Picture Show; London Vol. 58, Iss. 1506, (Feb 9, 1952): 10.
  3. ^ PIER 23 Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 18, Iss. 204, (Jan 1, 1951): 377.
  4. ^ "New Title Chosen". Los Angeles Mirror. 1950-12-26. p. 31.

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