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Portland Exposé is a american film of genre Drama directed by Harold D. Schuster released in USA on 11 august 1957 with Ed Binns
Portland Exposé (1957)
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Add to a movie listPortland Exposé is a 1957 American film noir directed by Harold Schuster and starring Edward Binns, Carolyn Craig, and Virginia Gregg. The plot follows a Portland, Oregon tavern owner involved in a struggle for power between two gangs attempting to control the unions. The film was inspired by crime boss Jim Elkins and The McClellan Committee's investigation into Portland's underground criminal ventures in the 1940s and 1950s, which were the subject of an extensive article published in LIFE magazine in March 1957.
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The owner of a tavern is pressured by the local mob into going into business with them. However, after seeing the changes at his bar, and particularly after a mobster attempts to rape his daughter, he decides to fight them.Actors
Ed Binns
(George Madison)
Carolyn Craig
(Ruth Madison)
Virginia Gregg
(Clara Madison)
Lawrence Dobkin
(Garnell)
Frank Gorshin
(Joe)
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