City Across the River

Year: 1949

Runtime: 91 mins

Language: English

Director: Maxwell Shane

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Set in Brooklyn, the film follows Frank Cusack, a dutiful son and brother by day who becomes a gang member after dark. He hangs out with the Dukes, a group of wayward youths entangled with racketeer Gaggsy Steens. Despite his parents’ pleas, Frank and his friend Benny become drawn into a serious crime. Community‑center director Stan Albert struggles to steer them away from a life of crime.

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