Roger Touhy, Gangster
1944 film by Robert Florey
- July 1944 (1944-07)
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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.[1]
Plot
Cast
- Preston Foster as Roger Touhy
- Victor McLaglen as Herman 'Owl' Banghart
- Lois Andrews as Daisy
- Kent Taylor as Captain Steve Warren
- Anthony Quinn as George Carroll
- William Post Jr. as Joseph P. Sutton
- Harry Morgan as Thomas J. 'Smoke' Reardon
- Matt Briggs as Cameron
- Moroni Olsen as Riley
- Reed Hadley as FBI Agent
- Trudy Marshall as Sutton's escort
- John Archer as FBI Agent
- Frank Jenks as Bernard O'Connor
- George E. Stone as Icebox Hamilton
- Charles Lang as FBI Agent
References
- ^ 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.
External links
- Roger Touhy, Gangster at IMDb
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Films directed by Robert Florey
- One Hour of Love (1927)
- The Romantic Age (1927)
- Face Value (1927)
- The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra (1928)
- The Hole in the Wall (1929)
- The Cocoanuts (1929)
- The Battle of Paris (1929)
- Skyscraper Symphony (1929)
- The Road Is Fine (1930)
- My Wife's Teacher (1930)
- Love Songs (1930)
- Black and White (1931)
- Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
- The Man Called Back (1932)
- Those We Love (1932)
- Girl Missing (1933)
- Ex-Lady (1933)
- The House on 56th Street (1933)
- Bedside (1934)
- Registered Nurse (1934)
- Smarty (1934)
- I Sell Anything (1934)
- I Am a Thief (1934)
- The Woman in Red (1935)
- The Florentine Dagger (1935)
- Going Highbrow (1935)
- Don't Bet on Blondes (1935)
- Ship Cafe (1935)
- The Payoff (1935)
- The Preview Murder Mystery (1936)
- Till We Meet Again (1936)
- Hollywood Boulevard (1936)
- Outcast (1937)
- King of Gamblers (1937)
- Mountain Music (1937)
- This Way Please (1937)
- Daughter of Shanghai (1937)
- Dangerous to Know (1938)
- King of Alcatraz (1938)
- Disbarred (1939)
- Hotel Imperial (1939)
- The Magnificent Fraud (1939)
- Death of a Champion (1939)
- Parole Fixer (1940)
- Women Without Names (1940)
- The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
- Meet Boston Blackie (1941)
- Two in a Taxi (1941)
- Dangerously They Live (1941)
- Lady Gangster (1942)
- The Desert Song (1943)
- Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944)
- Man from Frisco (1944)
- God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)
- Danger Signal (1945)
- The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
- Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)
- Rogues' Regiment (1948)
- Outpost in Morocco (1949)
- The Crooked Way (1949)
- The Vicious Years (1950)
- Johnny One-Eye (1950)
- Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951)
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