City Across The River: DVD, 1949, Tony Curtis, Stephen McNally, Thelma Ritter, Jeff Corey, Excellent NYC Teen Gang

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Appears in: Juvenile Delinquent Melodrama

MOVIE TITLE: CITY ACROSS THE RIVER

YEAR OF RELEASE: 1949

FILM SHOT IN: BLACK AND WHITE (you would receive the "FULLSCREEN" version)  

RUNNING TIME: 89 MINUTES

PICTURE QUALITY RATING: = 8.5 out of 10 (VERY GOOD QUALITY. THESE RARE FILMS COME FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES~PLEASE DO NOT EXPECT MODERN DAY HIGH DEFINITION DIGITAL QUALITY.)

DIRECTED BY: MAXWELL SHANE

STARRING: STEPHEN McNALLY, THELMA RITTER, JOSHUA SHELLEY, TONY CURTIS (as Anthony Curtis), PETER FERNANDEZ, AL RAMSEN, JEFF COREY, RICHARD BENEDICT, MICKEY KNOX, SUE ENGLAND, RICHARD JAECKEL 

BRIEF PLOT SUMMARY: GOOD VS. EVIL AS TEENAGE INNER CITY GANG MEMBERS ARE TESTED BY A HEAVY CRIME SCENE. SOCIAL SERVICES ARE ON HAND TO PROVIDE A WAY OUT, BUT FOR THESE UNFORTUNATE YOUTHS THERE IS NO WAY OUT. 

COMMENTS: NOT ENOUGH CAN BE SAID ABOUT THIS LITTLE KNOWN JD GEM. FIRST OFF, IT IS TONY CURTIS' FIRST MOVIE BILLING (as Anthony Curtis). ALSO JOSHUA SHELLEY IS WONDERFUL AS "CRAZY", THE MENTALLY DISTURBED COMIC OF THE GROUP. THE GRITTY JIVE TALKING DIALOG IS 5 YEARS BEFORE "BLACKBOARD JUNGLE" & "THE WILD ONE". TREND-SETTING FILMS LIKE "SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER" OWE A LOT TO THIS UNSUNG FILM BASED ON IRVING SHULMAN'S "THE AMBOY DUKES".