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Cry Vengeance
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Wikipedia article
'Cry Vengeance' is a 1954 American film noir crime film directed by and starring Mark Stevens.. The cast also includes Joan Vohs and Martha Hyer. It was produced by Lindsley Parsons and distributed by Allied Artists.
Plot
San Francisco ex-cop Vic Barron's family has died and he has been disfigured, framed and imprisoned when he crossed the wrong mobsters. After his release, he wants revenge on gangster Tino Morelli, whom he considers responsible.
Morelli is hiding out in Ketchikan, Alaska. After his arrival there, Vic finds Morelli and Morelli's charming little daughter. With the help of tavern owner Peggy Harding, Vic discovers that Morelli did not order the bombing and that the true murderer was a hitman named Roxey.
Roxey, who has followed Vic, murders Morelli, but is wounded by Vic in a shootout, then falls from atop a dam. After saying farewell to Peggy and to Morelli's orphaned daughter, Vic travels back to San Francisco, but with a hint that he might return.
Cast
* Mark Stevens as Vic Barron
* Martha Hyer as Peggy Harding
* Skip Homeier as Roxey
* Joan Vohs as Lily Arnold
* Douglas Kennedy as Tino Morelli
* Cheryl Callaway as Marie Morelli
* Mort Mills as Johnny Blue-eyes
* Warren Douglas as Mike Walters
* Lewis Martin as Nick Buda
* Don Haggerty as Lt. Pat Ryan
* John Doucette as Red Miller
* Dorothy Kennedy as Emily Miller
References
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