The Gangster (1947)
- Starring:
- Barry Sullivan, Belita, (more)
- Director(s):
- Gordon Wiles
Synopsis of The Gangster
Having struck gold with the previous season's Dillinger, the King Brothers returned to Monogram as producers of The Gangster. Adapted by Daniel Fuchs from his own novel Low Company, the film stars Barry Sullivan as flint-faced racketeer Shubunka. Shown to be a product of the slums, Shubunka spends his adulthood in pursuit of power and riches, with no time for friendship or romance. Wounded in a gangland shootout, Shubunka ruminates on his past, present and (unlikely) future, wondering if it's all been worth it. Promoted as a "psychological" drama, The Gangster has plenty of gunplay and bloodshed to satiate action fans, and a surfeit of sex appeal in the form of gangster's moll Nancy (played by Monogram's resident skating star Belita). Prominent in the supporting cast is the ineluctable Sheldon Leonard as Shubunka's chief rival, delivering a subtler variation on his patented tough-guy screen persona. The Gangster was directed by Oscar-winning art director Gordon Wiles, later a mainstay of such TV series as Land of the Lost and Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Gangster
- Barry Sullivan - Shubunka
- Joan Lorring - Dorothy
- John Ireland - Karty
- Fifi D'Orsay - Mrs. Ostroleng
- Leif Erickson - Beaumont
- John Kellogg - Sterling
- Murray Alper - Eddie
- Elisha Cook, Jr. - Oval
- Ted Hecht - Swain
- Billy Gray - Little Boy
- Jay Eaton - Man
- Jeff Corey - Brother-in-law
- Norma Jean Nilsson - Little Girl
- Michael Gaddis
- Michael Lally - Man
- Tommy Reilly - Piano Player
- Peter Whitney - Brother-in-law
- Larry Thompson - Thug
- Anita Turner - Essie
- Michael Vallon - Man on Boardwalk
- Dewey Robinson - Pool Player
- Alex Pope
- Sid Melton - Stage Manager
- Mikel Conrad
- Phil Arnold - Man
- Marie Blake - House Mistress
- Dolores Castle - Cigarette Girl
- Belita - Nancy Starr
- Akim Tamiroff - Nick Jammey
- Sheldon Leonard - Cornell
- Virginia Christine - Mrs. Karty
- Charles McGraw - Dugas
- Ruth Allen - Girl Singer
- Gene Collins - Boy
- Bill Kennedy - Thug
- Don Haggerty - Stranger
- Greta Granstedt - Woman
- Rex Downing - Boy with Note
- Clancy Cooper - Brother-in-Law
- Parker Gee - Man in Corridor
- Sammy Shack - Man
- Jean Calhoun - Woman
- Shelley Winters - Hazel
- Henry Morgan - Shorty
- Jane Weeks - Girl in Corridor
- Maxine Semon - Hotel Maid
- Larry Steers - Headwaiter
- Jack Reynolds - Thug
- Marguerita Padula - Woman
- Edwin Maxwell - Politician
- Andy Andrews - Man
- Griff Barnett - Dorothy's Father
- Lennie Bremen - Man
- Director(s):
- Gordon Wiles
- Writer(s):
- Daniel Fuchs
- Producer(s):
- Maurice King, Frank King
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