Movie · 1948
Cry of the City
“From the heart of its people comes the ... cry of the city.”
Released 29 September 1948 95 min Crime / Drama More from 1948 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?
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How old were they?
Mimi Aguglia
as Mama Roma
Walter Baldwin
as Orvy
Tito Vuolo
as Papa Roma
Hope Emerson
as Rose Given
Howard Freeman
as Sullivan the Drunk
Betty Garde
as Miss Pruett
Roland Winters
as Ledbetter
Oliver Blake
as Mr. Masselli
Robert Adler
as Man (uncredited)
Richard Conte
as Martin Rome
Victor Mature
as Lt. Candella
Berry Kroeger
as W. A. Niles
Fred Clark
as Lt Collins
June Storey
as Miss Boone, Nurse
Shelley Winters
as Brenda Martingale
Tommy Cook
as Tony Rome
Debra Paget
as Teena Riconti
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The numbers
48years between the oldest and youngest billed
63Mimi Aguglia — oldest on the call sheet
15Debra Paget — youngest billed
40average age of the credited cast