City of Shadows (1955)
• June 2nd, 1955 • 1h 10min
Crime
Overview
After several years of supporting parts, Victor McLaglen once more landed a leading role in Republic's City of Shadows. McLaglen plays Big Tim Channing, an ageing but powerful gangster who raises young newsboy Dan Mason as his own son. Upon reaching adulthood, Mason (John Baer) becomes a law student, with the covert (and illegal) help of Channing. Despite his checkered past, Mason opts for honesty when he falls in love with Fern Fellows (Kathleen Crowley). This decision ultimately spells the doom for Mason's mentor Big Tim.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Black Market Babies
Released on: 1945-12-15
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two bit hood Eddie Condon (Kane Richmond) sells babies under the counter. A highly lucrative racket ...
Good Intentions
Released on: 1930-06-29
Drama, Crime, Romance, Action
When love came the way of this gentleman crook he turned to the right---only to be caught in the swi...
Bad Times at the El Royale
Released on: 2018-10-04
Thriller, Mystery, Crime, Drama
Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent mot...
Bullets or Ballots
Released on: 1936-06-06
Crime, Drama
After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly...
Framed
Released on: 1930-03-16
Adventure, Crime
Rose Manning swears revenge for the unjust slaying of her father by Inspector McArthur. Five years l...
Bordertown
Released on: 1935-01-23
Crime, Drama
An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with the neurotic wife of his casino boss.
Fighting Father Dunne
Released on: 1948-05-12
Crime, Drama
A dedicated priest tries to reform a group of homeless boys in turn-of-the-century St. Louis.
The Big Racket
Released on: 1976-08-12
Crime, Action
Nico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles a criminal gang terrorizing a sleepy Italian town, e...
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Released on: 1950-07-07
Crime, Drama, Thriller
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
Between Midnight and Dawn
Released on: 1950-10-01
Crime
Rocky and Dan, war buddies, are prowl car cops on night duty. Dan is a cynic who views all lawbreake...
The Big Shakedown
Released on: 1934-01-06
Drama, Crime
Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate kn...
Side Street
Released on: 1929-09-14
Drama, Crime
Three New York Irish brothers cross paths as policeman, doctor and bootlegger.
Blonde Crazy
Released on: 1931-09-16
Drama, Crime, Comedy, Romance
Adventures of a cocky con man and his beautiful accomplice.
The Mayor of Hell
Released on: 1933-06-24
Crime, Drama
Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. ...
Jimmy the Gent
Released on: 1934-03-09
Drama, Comedy, Romance, Crime
An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and te...
Mug Town
Released on: 1942-12-18
Drama, Comedy, Crime
Steve Bell, Tommy, Pig, Ape, and String are run of town. Steve, while hopping a freight card and tr...
Born to Sing
Released on: 1942-02-18
Crime, Action
A group of children put on a show in order to prove that a down and out musician was the real compos...
Tiger Bay
Released on: 1934-09-01
Crime, Drama
Michael is a young Englishman abroad who deliberately visits a tough Chinese district of Tiger Bay t...
Special Investigator
Released on: 1936-05-08
Crime, Drama, Romance
A lawyer changes from defending public enemies to bringing them to justice after his brother is kill...