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Written by James M. Tate / 9/23/2024 / No comments / biff mcguire , docudrama , edward andrews , expose , fifties , film noir or melodrama , gambling , jean carson , john larch , john mcintire , kathryn grant , meg myles , mobster , phil karlson , richard kiley

KATHRYN GRANT & RICHARD KILEY GAMBLE 'THE PHENIX CITY STORY'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCwPOMBqtWnJhwUNPet-hYLMWYaqauez3P0WJUN9SK9ewYB0KI4w3tZtj6X3N8kCNblTAh0G75x4DWBKWa2F472Qr_ugZDIDLNw7KFtE48hafUhxQrckJfi38jzkzrW4uDVSFKf2pGfhtILC7uE2PqhgLqG9IlUbDU0AN5LLKOhoNbhU8LZVNogtHemup/s902/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="902" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCwPOMBqtWnJhwUNPet-hYLMWYaqauez3P0WJUN9SK9ewYB0KI4w3tZtj6X3N8kCNblTAh0G75x4DWBKWa2F472Qr_ugZDIDLNw7KFtE48hafUhxQrckJfi38jzkzrW4uDVSFKf2pGfhtILC7uE2PqhgLqG9IlUbDU0AN5LLKOhoNbhU8LZVNogtHemup/s16000/1.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title: THE PHENIX CITY STORY Year: 1955 Rating: ***1/2</td></tr></tbody></table>Since the entire first act of the film noir docudrama THE PHENIX CITY STORY consists of interviews with actual citizens recalling when one seedy downtown street of vice and gambling ruled the otherwise peaceful and rural titular Alabama town, when the second act rolls in, we get right to dirty business... With actors now, beginning with good girl Kathyrn Grant dealing the central casino's marked cards to losing-streak boyfriend Biff McGuire... at which point everything's literally on the table since the joint's not only wholly dishonest, but bare-knuckle dangerous...

biff mcguire, docudrama, edward andrews, expose, fifties, film noir or melodrama, gambling, jean carson, john larch, john mcintire, kathryn grant, meg myles, mobster, phil karlson, richard kiley

KATHRYN GRANT & RICHARD KILEY GAMBLE 'THE PHENIX CITY STORY'

Title: THE PHENIX CITY STORY Year: 1955 Rating: ***1/2 Since the entire first act of the film noir docudrama THE PHENIX CITY STORY consists ...

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