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Portrait of a Mobster is a american film of genre Drama directed by Joseph Pevney released in USA on 19 april 1961 with Vic Morrow
Portrait of a Mobster (1961)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 19 april 1961
Length 1h48
Directed by Joseph Pevney
OriginUSA
Themes Gangster films
Rating65%
Portrait of a Mobster is a 1961 film directed by Joseph Pevney. It stars Vic Morrow and Leslie Parrish.
Synopsis
Up-and-coming racketeer Dutch Schultz joins the Legs Diamond gang in Prohibition-era New York. A bootlegger named Murphy is murdered by Dutch, who falls for the dead man's daughter, Iris.Actors
Vic Morrow
(Dutch Schultz)
Leslie Parrish
(Iris Murphy)
Peter Breck
(Frank Brennan)
Norman Alden
(Bo Wetzel)
Robert McQueeney
(Michael Ferris)
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