Roger_Touhy,_Gangster References

Roger Touhy, Gangster
Roger Touhy, Gangster
Directed by	Robert Florey
Written by	Jerome Cody; Crane Wilbur
Produced by	Lee S. Marcus
Cinematography	Glen MacWilliams
Edited by	Harry Reynolds
Music by	Hugo Friedhofer
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	July 1944;
Running time	65 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

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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[1] 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.

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