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Johnny Rocco is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 21 december 1958 with Richard Eyer
Johnny Rocco (1958)
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Add to a movie listJohnny Rocco is a 1958 American black-and-white crime film produced by Scott R. Dunlap and directed by Paul Landres for Allied Artists, and starring Richard Eyer, Stephen McNally, and Coleen Gray.
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Young Johnny Rocco (Richard Eyer) is disturbed after seeing his gangster father Tony (Stephen McNally) involved in a murder. The gang, fearing young Johnny might tip the police, decide to silence both him and his father. Frightened, Johnny seeks help from schoolteacher MissActors
Richard Eyer
(Johnny Rocco)
Stephen McNally
(Tony Rocco)
Coleen Gray
(Lois Mayfield, Teacher)
Russ Conway
(Police Lt. Fred Garron)
James Flavin
(Mooney)
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