Portrait of a Mobster

Portrait of a Mobster
Portrait of a Mobster
Directed by	Joseph Pevney
Written by	Howard Browne
Starring	Vic Morrow; Leslie Parrish; Ray Danton
Cinematography	Gene Polito
Edited by	Leo H. Shreve
Music by	stock music by Max Steiner arranged by Howard Jackson
Production; company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	April 19, 1961;
Running time	108 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Portrait of a Mobster is a 1961 American crime film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Vic Morrow, Leslie Parrish and Ray Danton repeating his role as 'Legs' Diamond.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Up-and-coming racketeer Dutch Schultz joins the Legs Diamond gang in Prohibition-era New York. A bootlegger named Murphy is murdered by Dutch, who falls for the dead man's daughter, Iris.

Iris marries her fiancé, Frank Brennan, a police detective. They need money and Frank accepts payoffs from Dutch, who is forming a gang of his own.

After getting rid of Legs, Mad Dog Coll and others standing in his way, Dutch again makes a play for Iris, but she learns that he killed her father and begins to drink. Frank vows to reform and win her back. Betraying his pal Bo to the mob, Dutch discovers that a hit has been put out on himself as well. While fighting for his life, he is shot by Bo by mistake and is killed.

Cast

Vic Morrow as Dutch Schultz
Leslie Parrish as Iris Murphy
Peter Breck as Frank Brennan
Norman Alden as Bo Wetzel
Robert McQueeney as Michael Ferris
Ken Lynch as Lieutenant D. Corbin
Stephen Roberts as Guthrie
Joseph Gallison as Vincent Coll
Frank DeKova as Anthony Parazzo
Ray Danton as "Legs" Diamond
Joseph Gallison as "Mad Dog" Coll
Larry J. Blake as John Murphy
Harry Holcombe as Capt. Bayridge
Frances Morris as Louise Murphy
Gil Perkins as Joe Murdoch
Jon Kowal asLou Rhodes
Arthur Tenen as Steve Matryck
Eddie Hanley as Matty Krause
Joe Turkel as Joe Noe
Anthony Eisley as Legal Advisor
Poncie Ponce as Master of Ceremonies

Score

Howard Jackson compiled the score from White Heat and four other Max Steiner scores.^[3]

References

^ "Portrait of a Mobster (1961) - Joseph Pevney | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.com.
^ PORTRAIT OF A MOBSTER, Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 28, Iss. 324, (January 1, 1961): p. 99.
^ McCarty, Clifford (1996). "A Max Steiner Filmography". In D'Arc, James; Gillespie, John N. (eds.). The Max Steiner Collection. Provo, Utah: Special Collections and Manuscripts, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.

External links

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[1] "Portrait of a Mobster (1961) - Joseph Pevney | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.com.

[2] PORTRAIT OF A MOBSTER, Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 28, Iss. 324, (January 1, 1961): p. 99.

[Collection_filmography-3] McCarty, Clifford (1996). "A Max Steiner Filmography". In D'Arc, James; Gillespie, John N. (eds.). The Max Steiner Collection. Provo, Utah: Special Collections and Manuscripts, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.

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