The Captive City
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The Captive City is a 1952 American film noir crime drama about a small-town editor exposing organized crime and political corruption, co-written by Dale Van Every.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | article by Lester Velie ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Lee Garmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Robert Wise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Robert Swink NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredAppearance | Estes Kefauver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Fort Collins, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
film noir ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | Approved ⓘ |
| hasOpening | testimony before a Senate crime committee ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
civic responsibility
ⓘ
individual vs. corruption ⓘ journalistic integrity ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Kefauver Committee hearings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jim Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motionPictureRatingSystem | MPAA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Herschel Burke Gilbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | voice-over narration ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | small American town ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of organized crime influence in small towns
ⓘ
use of semi-documentary style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American film noir canon ⓘ |
| producer | William Bloom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | newspaper editor ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1952-03-27 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 91 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Dale Van Every
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Karl Kamb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1950s ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Harold J. Kennedy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joan Camden NERFINISHED ⓘ John Forsythe NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Teal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
freedom of the press
ⓘ
organized crime ⓘ political corruption ⓘ |
| title | The Captive City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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