Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944)

Crime Drama

Set during Prohibition, the movie centers on Touhy's rise from small time thug to the city's most powerful bootlegger whose empire is rivaled only by that of Al Capone (who is referred to, but never named in the story). It is his rival who frames Touhy for kidnapping and arranges for him to serve a life-long term in Stateville prison. Determined to be free again, the desperate Touhy and his cellmate Basil "the Owl" Banghart, begin plotting a violent break out.

Updated May 25 2020

Releases:

US -

1944-06-03

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Keywords:

gangster biography irish mob b movie

FACTS

Runtime: 65 mins Rating: 0.0

Cast

George E. Stone

"Ice Box" Hamilton

Harry Morgan

Thomas "Smoke" Reardon

Anthony Quinn

George Carroll

Matt Briggs

Cameron

Moroni Olsen

Riley

Frank Jenks

Bernard "Troubles" O'Connor

Victor McLaglen

Herman "Owl" Banghart

Preston Foster

Roger Touhy