The Captive City

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The Captive City is a 1952 American film noir crime drama about a small-town editor exposing organized crime and political corruption, co-written by Dale Van Every.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
basedOn article by Lester Velie
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Lee Garmes
countryOfOrigin United States
director Robert Wise
distributor United Artists
editedBy Robert Swink
featuredAppearance Estes Kefauver
filmingLocation Fort Collins, Colorado
genre crime drama
film noir
hasFilmRating Approved
hasOpening testimony before a Senate crime committee
hasTheme civic responsibility
individual vs. corruption
journalistic integrity
inspiredBy Kefauver Committee hearings
linked to: Kefauver Committee
language English
mainCharacter Jim Austin
motionPictureRatingSystem MPAA
musicBy Herschel Burke Gilbert
narrativeForm voice-over narration
narrativeLocation small American town
notableFor depiction of organized crime influence in small towns
use of semi-documentary style
originalLanguage English
partOf American film noir canon
producer William Bloom
productionCompany United Artists
protagonistOccupation newspaper editor
publicationDate 1952-03-27
releaseDecade 1950s
releaseYear 1952
runtimeMinutes 91
screenwriter Dale Van Every
Karl Kamb
setInPeriod 1950s
starredActor Harold J. Kennedy
Joan Camden
John Forsythe
Ray Teal
subjectMatter freedom of the press
organized crime
political corruption
title The Captive City

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Dale Van Every notableWork The Captive City
The Captive City title The Captive City