Jul 19, 1955
100 min
Full-HD

The Phenix City Story (1955)

A crime-busting lawyer and his initially reluctant attorney father take on the forces that run gambling and prostitution in their small Southern town.

Category

Crime

Country

United States of America

Companies

Allied Artists Pictures Bischoff-Diamond Corporation

John McIntire

Albert L. "Pat" Patterson

Richard Kiley

John Patterson

Kathryn Grant

Ellie Rhodes

Edward Andrews

Rhett Tanner

Lenka Peterson

Mary Jo Patterson

Biff McGuire

Fred Gage

Truman Smith

Ed Gage

Jean Carson

Cassie

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