Chicago Confidential
Chicago Confidential is a 1957 American crime film noir directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Brian Keith, Beverly Garland and Dick Foran. It is based on the 1950 book Chicago: Confidential! by Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer.
Plot
A union official named Blane is framed for the murder of another union official. The crime syndicate actually responsible for the killing is free to continue its activities. District Attorney Jim Fremont's plan to run for governor can be helped by a conviction of Blane, but thanks to Blane's fiancée Laura Barton he begins to suspect that Blane has been set up, launching a new investigation.
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| author | Bernard Gordon |
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| contentLocation | Chicago |
| director | Sidney Salkow |
| editor | Grant Whytock |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | crime syndicate district attorney frame gun battle kill record set up tape recording |
| musicBy | Emil Newman |
| producer | Robert E. Kent |
| productionCompany | Peerless Productions |
| publisher | United Artists |
| theme | film noir noir |