A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Release: 1953-09-23
Director: Raoul Walsh
Writers: Luther Davis , Adria Locke Langley
Language: English
Stars: James Cagney , Barbara Hale , Anne Francis , Warner Anderson , John McIntire , Jeanne Cagney , Lon Chaney Jr. , Frank McHugh (I) (1898–1981) , Larry Keating , Onslow Stevens
Runtime: 88 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: L'homme à abattre (Belgium) , O leon tis asfaltou (Greece) , Un tiburón en la calle (Mexico) , A Lion Is in the Streets , De dood zwerft in de straten (Belgium) , Un leone per la strada (Italy) , Лев на улицах города , A Fera (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Um Leão Está nas Ruas (Brazil) , Un lion dans les rues (France, French Republic) , Un leu liber pe strazi (Romania) , Lew jest na ulicach (Poland) , A Lion Is in the Streets (United Kingdom) , Un león en las calles (Spain) , A Lion Is in the Streets (United States of America)
Plot: Colorful bayou peddler Hank Martin marries pretty teacher Verity, who finds that the rural poor all love Hank. Gradually, she realizes that Hank's popularity is the fruit of his expert manipulation of everyone he knows. She's further taken aback when she meets sexy swamp girl Flamingo, who considered Hank hers and is murderously jealous. Now Hank starts crusading against a crooked cotton buyer, and swiftly rises toward political power. Is there no stopping him?
IMDB:tt0046002