Cry_Tough_(film)

<i>Cry Tough</i> (film)

Cry Tough (film)

1959 film

Cry Tough is a 1959 American crime drama film noir directed by Paul Stanley written by Harry Kleiner, starring John Saxon, Linda Cristal and Joseph Calleia.[1][2]

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The screenplay of the film is based on the novel of the same name by Irving Shulman. However, in the transition from print to film the Jewish Brooklyn gang of the novel became a Puerto Rican gang in Spanish Harlem.[3]

Plot

Cast

Production

Saxon made it as the first under a three picture deal he had with the Hecht-Hill-Lancaster production company.[4] It was one of several juvenile delinquent-themed movies he made.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Cry Tough at the American Film Institute Catalog
  2. [2]
    CRY TOUGH Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 26, Iss. 300, (Jan 1, 1959): 149.
  3. [3]
    "Cry Tough film article". at tcm.com. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  4. [4]
    Elizabeth Taylor Gets Huge Film Bid. Hopper, Hedda. Los Angeles Times 28 Aug 1958: B6.
  5. [5]
    Vagg, Stephen (July 29, 2020). "The Top Twelve Stages of Saxon". Filmink.


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