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Gangster | Film Noir
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The $5,000 for the half interest in the small town newspaper would equate to approximately $60,000 in 2022.
The "N" word is overdubbed with "Negro" on at least two occasions. [Note: this may be a local station's practice; the version shown on TCM contains the uncensored language.]
This was Edward Van Sloan's final film before his death on March 6, 1964 at the age of 81.
The story is about a black (African-American) servant who is wrongfully charged with murder. Molly is played by Mary Anderson, who is white. Proof of this is that she attended Howard College (Samford University since 1965), a private, segregated institution near Birmingham, Alabama that accepted its first black student in 1967.
Mary Anderson, a white actress, portrayed the black servant Molly because the producers feared there would be poor box office results in southern U.S. states if a black actress had the role.
"District Attorney Ralph Munsey: Take it easy, Reese. Things are tough all over. Pretty soon a man won't be able to sell his own mother."
"Catherine Harris: Did you ever rob graves, Mr. Reese? Mike Reese: No future in it."
