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Based on the shocking, true story of a criminal gang who terrorized Brooklyn for years, and featuring ?excellent performances? (The Film Daily) by a fine cast ? including Peter Falk in an Oscar®-nominated* early role ? Murder, Inc. delivers its terrifying tale of corruption run amok with riveting intensity!
In the violent burroughs of the 1930s New York, gangs spawned by Prohibition have found new work?as racketeers and contract killers! The most vicious of these is Murder, Inc., the merciless Brownsville, Brooklyn syndicate. As their reign of terror spreads, only one cop (Henry Morgan) has the nerve to methodically track them down, determined to destroy them by any means necessary!
Original Release
06/28/1960
US Release
06/28/1960
Cast
Name | Character |
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Stuart Whitman | Joey Collins |
May Britt | Eadie Collins |
Henry Morgan | Burton Turkus |
Peter Falk | Abe Reles |
David J. Stewart | Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter / Louis "Lepke" Bucholter |
Simon Oakland | Det. Sgt. William Tobin / William Tobin |
Sarah Vaughan | Singer |
Morey Amsterdam | Walter Sage |
Eli Mintz | Joe Rosen |
Joseph Bernard | Mendy Weiss |
Directors
Stuart Rosenberg, Burt Balaban
Writers
Irve Tunick, Sid Feder, Mel Goldberg, Burton Turkus
Cast
Name | Character |
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Stuart Whitman | Joey Collins |
May Britt | Eadie Collins |
Henry Morgan | Burton Turkus |
Peter Falk | Abe Reles |
David J. Stewart | Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter / Louis "Lepke" Bucholter |
Simon Oakland | Det. Sgt. William Tobin / William Tobin |
Sarah Vaughan | Singer |
Morey Amsterdam | Walter Sage |
Eli Mintz | Joe Rosen |
Joseph Bernard | Mendy Weiss |
Warren Finnerty | Bug Workman |
Vincent Gardenia | Lazlo |
Helen Waters | Mrs. Corsi / Rose Corsi |
Leon B. Stevens | Loughran |
Howard Smith | Albert Anastasia |
Sylvia Miles | Sadie |
Josip Elic | 'Red' Alpert / Alpert |
Lou Polan | Louis |
Dorothy Stinnette | Betty Shaw - Turkus' Secretary / Betty Shaw |
Bill Bassett | Eadie's Killer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Burt Balaban | Producer |
Laurence Joachim | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1961 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
1961 | Golden Globe | Most Promising Newcomer - Male | Nominated |