Crime in the Streets

Crime in the Streets

1956 · 91 min · EN · NR · 6.0 (21 votes)
Dir. Don Siegel · Starring James Whitmore, Sal Mineo, John Cassavetes, Mark Rydell, Virginia Gregg, Peter J. Votrian · Music Franz Waxman

How can you tell them to be good when their girl friends like them better when they're bad!...

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A social worker tries to end juvenile crime by getting involved with a street gang.

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This film feels like a raw, unflinching look at the harsh realities of urban youth. It's a tense, gritty drama that pulls you into its world with a sense of urgent realism and moral complexity.

grittytenseurgentbleaksteadysocial realismclassic Hollywood dramanoir-tingedjuvenile delinquencysocial issuesurban decaymorality
street gangjuvenile delinquent
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