''Roger Touhy, Gangster'' is a 1944 American gangster film based on the life of Chicago mob figure
Roger Touhy, directed by
film noir
Film noir (; ) is a style of Cinema of the United States, Hollywood Crime film, crime dramas that emphasizes cynicism (contemporary), cynical attitudes and motivations. The 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the "classic period" of Ameri ...
specialist
Robert Florey.
Parts of the film were shot at
Stateville Correctional Center near
Joliet, Illinois
Joliet ( ) is a city in Will County, Illinois, Will and Kendall County, Illinois, Kendall counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, located southwest of Chicago. It is the county seat of Will County, Illinois, Will County. It had a population of ...
, where Touhy himself was serving time. Although the story was fictionalized, Touhy successfully sued the studio for
defamation of character. After six years, he won a judgment of $15,000, although Fox was able to profitably distribute the film overseas without legal repercussions.
[Hedda Hopper, "Looking at Hollywood," ''Chicago Daily Tribune,'' February 27, 1943; "The Graphic Little Theater Presents Preston Foster and Lois Andrews in 'Roger Touhy, Last of the Gangsters'," ''Chicago Daily Tribune,'' August 8, 1943; "Touhy Lawyer Files New Plea Against Movie," ''Chicago Daily Tribune,'' August 12, 1943; "Settle $100,000 Touhy Movie Suit for $15,000," ''Chicago Daily Tribune,'' November 2, 1949.]
Plot
Cast
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Preston Foster as Roger Touhy
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Victor McLaglen as Herman 'Owl' Banghart
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Lois Andrews as Daisy
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Kent Taylor as Captain Steve Warren
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Anthony Quinn as George Carroll
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William Post Jr. as Joseph P. Sutton
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Harry Morgan as Thomas J. 'Smoke' Reardon
* Matt Briggs as Cameron
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Moroni Olsen as Riley
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Reed Hadley as FBI Agent
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Trudy Marshall as Sutton's escort
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John Archer as FBI Agent
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Frank Jenks as Bernard O'Connor
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George E. Stone as Icebox Hamilton
* Charles Lang as FBI Agent
References
External links
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1944 films
Films directed by Robert Florey
20th Century Fox films
Biographical films about American gangsters
Films scored by Hugo Friedhofer
American crime films
1944 crime films
American biographical films
1940s biographical films
American black-and-white films
1940s American films
1940s English-language films
English-language crime films
English-language biographical films
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