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A Lion Is in the Streets is an American film first released in 1953,
directed by Raoul Walsh.
The film is based on a novel by Andria Locke Langley and stars James Cagney, Barbara Hale, Anne Francis, Warner Anderson and John McIntire.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Raoul Walsh
- Script: Luther Davis, Andria Locke Langley (novel)
- Photo: Harry Stradling Sr.
- Music: Franz Waxman
- Cast: James Cagney (Hank Martin), Barbara Hale (Verity Wade), Anne Francis (Flamingo McManamee), Warner Anderson (Jules Bolduc), John McIntire (Jeb Brown), Jeanne Cagney (Jennie Brown), Lon Chaney Jr. (Spurge McManamee), Frank McHugh (Frank Rector), Larry Keating (Robert L. Castleberry IV), Onslow Stevens (Guy Polli), James Millican (Samuel T. Beach), Mickey Simpson (Tim Beck, Blacksmith), Sara Haden (Lula May McManamee), Ellen Corby (Singing Woman), Lee Aaker (Johnny Briscoe), James Conaty (Speaker introducing Snowden), Heinie Conklin (Courtroom Extra), James Griffith (Mayor’s Clerk), Sam Harris (Cotton Farmer), Henry Kulky (Polli’s Butler), Emmett Lynn (Turnkey), Herbert Lytton (Doctor), Hank Mann (Courtroom Extra), Sam McDaniel (Moses, Butler to Bolduc), Charles Meredith (Judge), Burt Mustin (Smith), William ’Bill’ Phillips (Deputy Wilbur Lewis), Mary Margaret Robinson (Child), Fay Roope (Governor Charles Snowden), Jeffrey Sayre (Courtroom Extra), Sarah Selby (Townswoman), Charles Sherlock (Courtroom Extra), Bert Stevens (Stage Policeman), Phil Tead (Juror), Irene Tedrow (Mrs. Sophie Peck), Dan White (Coroner), Roland Winters (Prosecutor)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 88 min
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