Chicago Confidential is a 1957 American crime film noir directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Brian Keith , Beverly Garland and Dick Foran . It is based on the 1950 book Chicago: Confidential! by Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer .
5-446: Chicago Confidential was the first film produced for Edward Small by Robert E. Kent , who had been a writer and story supervisor at Columbia. Small and Kent went on to make many movies together. A union official named Blane is framed for the murder of another union official. The crime syndicate actually responsible for the killing is free to continue its activities. District Attorney Jim Fremont's plan to run for governor can be helped by
10-472: A conviction of Blane, but thanks to Blane's fiancée Laura Barton he begins to suspect that Blane has been set up, launching a new investigation. Laura testifies in court that Blane was with her at the time of the murder, and a neighbor, Sylvia Clarkson, swears she heard Blane's voice coming from Laura's apartment. Jim discovers a tape recording that suggests Clarkson might have been fooled, but Laura convinces him otherwise. Clarkson turns out to be conspiring with
15-543: The 1950s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Robert E. Kent Robert E. Kent (August 31, 1911 in Canal Zone , Panama – December 11, 1984 in Los Angeles) was an American film writer and film producer . Kent began as a rapid screenwriter for Sam Katzman at Columbia. For seven years he worked as a writer and story editor at Columbia. He then became a producer for Edward Small . He used
20-467: The criminals. Racketeers, led by Ken Harrison, knock Jim cold and take Laura hostage. Harrison intends to flee by airplane. Jim and his men surround the plane at the air strip and a gun battle ensues, Harrison is shot. Jim's political future is now set, while Blane is released so that he can marry Laura. This article about a 1950s crime drama film is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to an American film of
25-502: The pseudonym James B. Gordon for some of his work, According to Filmink Kent "wasn’t bad creating female characters for these sort of movies (at least compared to others made around this time)." He later formed his own production company, and Admiral Productions together with Grant Whytock and Edward Small . Admiral produced two horror films with Vincent Price and four Westerns with Audie Murphy . Robert E. Kent died in 1984. This biographical article related to cinema of
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