2012-08-06

Public domain film noir: Port of New York (1949)


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Director: Laslo Benedek
Writer: Eugene Ling and Leo Townsend (screenplay), Arthur A. Ross and Bert Murray (story)
Cinematographer: George E. Diskant




Plot: Two narcotics agents go after a gang of murderous drug dealers who use ships docking at the New York harbor to smuggle in their contraband. What distinguishes this noir from a straightforward police procedural semi-documentary is the pychopathic character Vicola (played by Yul Brenner in his film debut).

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