The Gangster
Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan as a small-time hood who suffers a mental breakdown as his big plans begin to crumble. Beautiful Belita is the slumming society girlfriend who only fuels his paranoia.
Gordon Wiles
Casts & Crew
Barry Sullivan
Belita
Joan Lorring
Akim Tamiroff
Harry Morgan
John Ireland
Sheldon Leonard
Fifi D'Orsay
Virginia Christine
Elisha Cook Jr.
Ted Hecht
Leif Erickson
Charles McGraw
John Kellogg
Edwin Maxwell
Dewey Robinson
Murray Alper
Shelley Winters
Larry Steers
Marie Blake
Griff Barnett
Sid Melton
Jeff Corey
Peter Whitney
Also Directed by Gordon Wiles
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