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The Miami Story

  • 1954
  • Approved
  • 1h 15m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
488
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Beverly Garland and Barry Sullivan in The Miami Story (1954)
Film NoirCrimeDramaThriller

Fed up with the rising crime rate in Miami, the police chief and leading members of the city council hire a former gangster who's gone straight to help eliminate the biggest crime syndicate ... Read allFed up with the rising crime rate in Miami, the police chief and leading members of the city council hire a former gangster who's gone straight to help eliminate the biggest crime syndicate in the city.Fed up with the rising crime rate in Miami, the police chief and leading members of the city council hire a former gangster who's gone straight to help eliminate the biggest crime syndicate in the city.

  • Director
    • Fred F. Sears
  • Writer
    • Robert E. Kent
  • Stars
    • Barry Sullivan
    • Luther Adler
    • John Baer
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    488
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Fred F. Sears
    • Writer
      • Robert E. Kent
    • Stars
      • Barry Sullivan
      • Luther Adler
      • John Baer
    • 13User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Top Cast23

    Barry Sullivan
    Barry Sullivan
    • Mick Flagg aka Mike Pierce
    Luther Adler
    Luther Adler
    • Tony Brill
    John Baer
    John Baer
    • Ted Delacorte
    Adele Jergens
    Adele Jergens
    • Gwen Abbott
    Beverly Garland
    Beverly Garland
    • Holly Abbott
    Dan Riss
    Dan Riss
    • Frank Alton
    Damian O'Flynn
    Damian O'Flynn
    • Police Chief Martin Belman
    Chris Alcaide
    Chris Alcaide
    • Robert Bishop
    Gene Darcy
    • Johnny Loker
    George E. Stone
    George E. Stone
    • Louie Mott
    Wheaton Chambers
    Wheaton Chambers
    • Harry Dobey - Editor
    • (uncredited)
    Tom Greenway
    Tom Greenway
    • Charles Earnshaw
    • (uncredited)
    John Hamilton
    John Hamilton
    • Clifton Staley
    • (uncredited)
    Al Hill
    Al Hill
    • Simmons, Detective
    • (uncredited)
    David Kasday
    David Kasday
    • Gil Flagg
    • (uncredited)
    Ray Kellogg
    Ray Kellogg
    • Police Lieutenant
    • (uncredited)
    Guy Kingsford
    • Kingsford - Detective
    • (uncredited)
    Peter Mamakos
    Peter Mamakos
    • Gangster
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Fred F. Sears
    • Writer
      • Robert E. Kent
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews13

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    Did you know

    • Trivia
      For a movie that is boldly proclaiming that Miami has no organized crime, it ironically suggests that a conspiracy of citizens working outside the law is the way to stop organized crime.
    • Goofs
      Mick Flagg obviously pulls his punches in several shots.
    • Quotes
      • [first lines]
      • [as a montage starts, a voice can be heard narrating]
      • Narrator: In the years following World War II, organized crime in the United States grew to such proportions that it's scope was greater than the law enforcement agencies that tried to fight it.
      • [a shot of the U.S. Capitol Building can be seen]
      • Narrator: Finally, in the nation's capitol, the Senate Investigating Committee presented a new threat to gangland, and panic began to grip the overlords of crime.
      • [a montage of Miami can be seen playing]
      • Narrator: They sought a new central headquarters for their operation. The city where they felt they could be safe. They chose the Miami area, a vacation wonderland, a Mecca for tourists, who swelled the normal population of 600,000, to more than 2 million in the winter season. A city where the tough, honest police force was inadequate in size to protect the tremendous overflow of people. Then, out of sheer necessity, a way was found to crush crime in Miami. As Senator George Smathers, of the State of Florida relates...

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    Details

    • Release date
      • May 3, 1954 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Streaming on "Cinema TubeStar" YouTube Channel
      • Streaming on "Film Lifestyle" YouTube Channel
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Secretos de Miami
    • Filming locations
      • Miami, Florida, USA(location shooting)
    • Production company
      • Sam Katzman Productions
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 15m(75 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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