Party Girl

Party Girl

1958 · 99 min · EN · NR · 6.8 (62 votes)
Dir. Nicholas Ray · Starring Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Lee J. Cobb, John Ireland, Kent Smith, Claire Kelly

You'll meet her at the roughest parties ...with the toughest guys in town!

CrimeDramaRomance

Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo threatens to hurt the showgirl if Farrell leaves him.

VIBE

A smoky, morally ambiguous dive into the underbelly of show business. It's a world of desperate choices and fleeting romance, where a slick lawyer finds himself entangled in a dangerous game of love and loyalty. The atmosphere is thick with classic noir tension.

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