The Case Against Brooklyn
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Director Paul Wendkos Duration Country United States | 6.6/10 IMDb Production Columbia Pictures Genres Drama, Crime Fiction Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cast Darren McGavin (Pete Harris), Margaret Hayes (Lil Polombo nee Alexander), Warren Stevens (Rudi Franklin), Peggy McCay (Mrs. Jane Harris), Tol Avery (Dist. Atty. Michael W. Norris), Emile Meyer (Police Capt. T.W. Wills)Writer Ed Reid , Daniel B. Ullman , Bernard Gordon , Julian Zimet Release date June 1958 Similar movies Lethal Weapon 3 , Brooklyn's Finest , The Rookie , No Man's Land , The Right to Remain Silent , The New Centurions Tagline Is this cop for sale? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Case Against Brooklyn is a 1958 film directed by Paul Wendkos. It stars Darren McGavin and Margaret Hayes. It was based on a True Magazine article I Broke the Brooklyn Graft Scandal by crime reporter Ed Reid. It featured depictions of American police corruption though no police officer in uniform is shown to be corrupt.
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Genre
The film has the style of a documentary film and at first seems to be a police procedural. It actually has film noir elements, such as a love affair between a married rookie cop and the widow of a mobster.
Plot
Ex-Marine Pete Harris, formerly with Military Intelligence is taken out of his Police Academy due to his experience to work undercover to investigate police corruption.
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The Case Against Brooklyn Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA
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