Roger Touhy, Gangster

Name: Roger Touhy, Gangster
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1944
Duration: 1 h 5 min
Rating: 7.0
Cast: Preston Foster, Victor McLaglen, Lois Andrews, Kent Taylor, Anthony Quinn

Movie 1944-06-03 1h 5m Crime Drama

★ 7.0 / 10 · 4 votes

Set during Prohibition, the movie centers on Touhy's rise from small time thug to the city's most powerful bootlegger whose empire is rivaled only by that of Al Capone (who is referred to, but never named in the story). It is his rival who frames Touhy for kidnapping and arranges for him to serve a life-long term in Stateville prison. Determined to be free again, the desperate Touhy and his cellmate Basil "the Owl" Banghart, begin plotting a violent break out.

Status

Released

Studio

20th Century Fox

Country

United States of America

Language

English

Director

Robert Florey

Cast