Portland Exposé
| Portland Exposé | |
|---|---|
| File:Portland Expose poster.png Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Harold Schuster Assistant director Lindsley Parsons, Jr. |
| Screenplay by | Jack DeWitt |
| Produced by | Lindsley Parsons |
| Starring | Edward Binns Carolyn Craig |
| Cinematography | Carl Berger, A.S.C. |
| Edited by | Maurice Wright, A.C.E. |
| Music by | Composed and conducted by Paul Dunlap |
Production company | A Lindsley Parsons Production |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists Pictures Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Portland Exposé is a 1957 American film noir directed by Harold Schuster and starring Edward Binns and Carolyn Craig. The plot follows a tavern owner in Oregon's latest city, Portland, who is involved in a struggle for power between two gangs attempting to control the unions.[1] The film was inspired by crime boss Jim Elkins and The McClellan Committee's investigation into Portland's underground criminal ventures in the 1940s and 1950s, which were the subject of an extensive article published in LIFE magazine in March 1957.[2]
Plot
The owner of a tavern is pressured by the local mob into going into business with them. However, after seeing the changes at his bar, and particularly after a mobster attempts to rape his daughter, he decides to fight them.[3]
Cast
- Edward Binns — George Madison
- Carolyn Craig — Ruth Madison
- Virginia Gregg — Clara Madison
- Russ Conway — Phillip Jacman
- Larry Dobkin — Garnell
- Frank Gorshin — Joe
- Joe Marr — Larry
- Rusty Lane — Tom Carmody
- Dickie Bellis — Jimmy Madison
- Lea Penman — Mrs. Stoneway
- Jeanne Carmen — Iris
See also
References
- ^ Grieveson, Lee; Esther Sonnet. Mob Culture: Hidden Histories of the American Gangster Film. Rutgers University Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-0813535579.
- ^ Ellis, Janey. "Portland's Dirty Little Secret: How Vice and Corruption Held the Rose City In Its Clutches" (PDF). Oregon History.
- ^ Mohan, Marc (2013-06-10). "Tonight in Film: "Elemental," "Portland Expose," and more". Oregon Live. Retrieved 2015-04-29.