Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944)
1h 5m
Running Time
June 3, 1944Release Date
Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944)
1h 5m
Running Time
June 3, 1944Release Date
Plot.
Set during Prohibition, the movie centers on Touhy's rise from small time thug to the city's most powerful bootlegger whose empire is rivaled only by that of Al Capone (who is referred to, but never named in the story). It is his rival who frames Touhy for kidnapping and arranges for him to serve a life-long term in Stateville prison. Determined to be free again, the desperate Touhy and his cellmate Basil "the Owl" Banghart, begin plotting a violent break out.
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Cast & Crew.
Preston Foster
Roger Touhy
Victor McLaglen
Herman 'Owl' Banghart
Lois Andrews
Daisy
Anthony Quinn
George Carroll
Kent Taylor
Police Capt. Steven Warren
William Post Jr.
Joseph P. Sutton
Robert Florey
Director
Jerome Cady
Writer
Harry Morgan
Thomas 'Smoke' Reardon
Crane Wilbur
Writer
Matt Briggs
Cameron
Lee S. Marcus
Producer
Moroni Olsen
Riley
Reed Hadley
FBI Agent Boyden
Hugo Friedhofer
Composer
Glen MacWilliams
Cinematographer
Media.
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Roger Touhy, Gangster is a 1944 American gangster film based on the life of Chicago mob figure Roger Touhy, directed by film noir specialist Robert Florey.
Parts of the film were shot at Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet, Illinois, 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.