Crime in the Streets (1956)

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Country: USA
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
Release: 1956-06-10
Director: Don Siegel
Writers: Reginald Rose
Language: English | Italian
Stars: John Cassavetes , Sal Mineo , James Whitmore , Marty Augustine , Virginia Gregg , Peter J. Votrian , Will Kuluva , Malcolm Atterbury , Denise Alexander , Dan Terranova
Runtime: 91 min
Awards: 1 nomination
AKA: Face au crime (Belgium) , Kadun kapinalliset (Finland) , In de sloppen van een wereldstad (Netherlands the) , Crima pe strazi (Romania) , Face au crime (France, French Republic) , Уличные преступники , Crime in the Streets , Asfaltungdom (Norway) , 暴力の季節 (Japan) , Entfesselte Jugend , De straat der misdaad (Belgium) , Crime in the Streets (Canada) , Læderjakkerne (Denmark) , Caddelerde cinayet (Turkey) , A bűn utcái (Hungary) , Crimen en las calles (Spain) , Crimen en las calles (Mexico) , Crime in the Streets (United Kingdom) , Crime in the Streets (United States of America) , Rua do Crime (Brazil) , Ta haminia tis mavris leoforou (Greece) , Juventude em Perigo (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Brott på gatan (Sweden) , Delitto nella strada (Italy)
Plot: On a city's mean streets, the boys join gangs at 15. Frankie leads the Hornets: he's 18, seething, coiled. When a neighbor goes to the cops after seeing one of the Hornets with a zip gun, Frankie vows to kill the old guy, hatching a plan using Lou, who smiles and smokes, and "Baby," the 15-year-old son of an immigrant shopkeeper. Ben Wagner, the social worker at a neighborhood settlement house, gets wind of the plan and tries to break through to Frankie. Frankie's brother Richie, who's about 12, worships and fears Frankie; he also figures out what his brother is up to. Is Frankie doomed to crash and burn at 18?
IMDB:tt0049107