Roger Touhy, Gangster! (1944)
Melodramatic gangster action characterizes this tough and freely fictionalized biography of notorious, murderous Chicago mobster Roger Touhy. Set during Prohibition, it 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. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Preston S. Foster, Victor McLaglen, (more)
- Director(s):
- Robert Florey
Synopsis of Roger Touhy, Gangster!
Melodramatic gangster action characterizes this tough and freely fictionalized biography of notorious, murderous Chicago mobster Roger Touhy. Set during Prohibition, it 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. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of Roger Touhy, Gangster!
- Preston S. Foster - Roger Touhy
- Lois Andrews - Daisy
- Anthony Quinn - George Carroll
- Henry Morgan - Smoke Reardon
- Moroni Olsen - Riley
- Trudy Marshall - Gloria
- Frank Jenks - Troubles Connors
- Charles Lang - Boyden
- George Holmes - McNair
- Roy Roberts - Frank Williams
- Murray Alper - Ralph Burke
- Ralph Dunn - Patrolman
- Dick Rich
- William Pawley - Prison Guard Briggs
- Ivan Miller
- Edmund MacDonald - Barnes
- Cy Kendall - Edward Latham
- Grant Withers
- Ferris Taylor
- Ralf Harolde
- William Haade
- Joseph Crehan - Warden
- Stanley Blystone
- Victor McLaglen - Owl Banghart
- Kent Taylor - Steve Warren
- William Post, Jr. - Joe Sutton
- Matt Briggs - Cameron
- Reed Hadley - Drake
- John Archer - FBI Agent
- George E. Stone - Ice Box Hamilton
- Kane Richmond - Mason
- Ralph Peters - Clanahan
- John Harmon - Lefty Rowden
- Herbert Ashley
- Selmar Jackson - Prinicipal Keeper
- Joey Ray
- Frank Orth - Comic in Theater
- Horace McMahon - Max Sharkey
- George Lessey - Judge
- Thomas E. Jackson
- Charles Wilson - Police Captain
- William H. Ruhl
- Byron Foulger - Court Clerk
- James Farley - Bailiff
- Arthur Ayleswofth - Farmer
- Director(s):
- Robert Florey
- Writer(s):
- Crane Wilbur, Jerry Cady
- Producer(s):
- Lee Marcus
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