Party Girl - DVD

Set in 1930s Chicago Party Girl follows a bumlegged mouthpiece for the mob Robert Taylor and a gorgeous wisedup vamp Cyd Charisse who fall in love try to go straight and head straight for trouble. A showgirl and a crooked lawyer try to break with a powerful mob boss. Vicki Gaye Cyd Charisse is a dancer at a night club in early 1930s Chicago. A healthy cynic who still possesses some ideals she entertains no illusions about the invitation or the 100 that goes with it that she gets to a party hosted by mob kingpin Rico Angelo Lee J. Cobb but she still wont let Angelos head torpedo Louis Canetto John Ireland get near her. Angelos attorney Thomas Farrell Robert Taylor is another story hes a more complicated than the men he defends and still enough of an idealist so that when he and Vicki cross swords about who is the worse hypocrite it actually affects him. Farrell whose right leg has been crippled from birth and getting worse took the easy way to success by pursuing a criminal practice including getting Canetto off a murder rap but after meeting Vicki he starts to see another path to take and also embarks on a year of surgical procedures to cure the worst of the pain in his leg. And he comes out a new man with a new plan in life including starting over in a practice that doesnt involve criminal law. But Angelo plans on having Farrell fight an old friend prosecutor Jeffrey Stewart Kent Smith who is trying to indict Angelos associate Cooky La Motte Corey Allen. Farrell resists until Angelo threatens to harm Vicki and when the case and the trail blow up in both sides faces he finds himself caught between the mob and the law with Vicki urging him to do the right thing. Bruce Eder Rovi. Genre: Drama. SubGenre: Classics. Release Date: 7 September 2010. Directed By: Nicholas Ray. Rated: Not Rated. Studio: WHV Archive WHVA . Running Time: 99. Region: 0. Display: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV. Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo English. Discs: 1. Format: NTCS. Cast: Aaron SaxonFrankie Gasto Barbara LangTall Blond Party Girl Barrie ChaseShowgirl Benny RubinMr. Field Betty UteyParty Girl Burt DouglasP.A Carl Thayler Carmen PhillipsRicos Girlfriend Clare KellyGenevieve Corey AllenCooky La Motte Cyd CharisseVicki Gaye David GarciaNewsman David McMahonGuard David OpatoshuLou Forbes Dolores ReedWoman Erich Von Stroheim Jr.Police Lieutenant Floyd SimmonsAssistant Prosecutor Georges SaurelRicos Hood Geraldine WallDay Matron Harry HinesNewsboy Herb ArmstrongIntern Herbert LyttonJudge Alfino Hy AnzellMan J. Lewis SmithJuror Jack GarganOfficer Jack LambertNick Jerry SchumacherNewsboy John DamlerDetective John FrancoOne of Cookies Henchmen John IrelandLouis Canetto Ken DibbsJoey Vulner Kent SmithJeffrey Stewart Lee J. CobbRico Angelo Lewis CharlesDanny Rimett Marc WilderSpeciality Dancer Margaret BertWardrobe Woman Marshall BradfordDistrict Attorney Michael DuganJenks Michael Pierce Myrna HansenJoy Hampton Patrick McVeyOMalley Paul KeastJudge Davers Peter BourneCab Driver Ralph SmileyHotel Proprietor Robert B. WilliamsGuard Robert TaylorThomas Farrell Rusty LaneJudge John A. Dasen Sam McDanielJesse Sanita Pelkey Stuart HolmesJuror Sydney SmithJudge Bookwell Tom HernandezSketch Artist Vaughn TaylorDr. Caderman Vito ScottiHotel Clerk. Crew: Art Director: Randall Duell Art Director: William Horning Choreography: Robert Sidney Cinematographer: Robert J. Bronner Composer Music Score: Andre Previn Composer Music Score: Jeff Alexander Director: Nicholas Ray Producer: Joe Pasternak Screenwriter: George Wells. Extras: WsDvdR Nr Clr Dvd Mod. Dimensions: 7.5L x 0.5H x 5.4W.