Party Girl

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Party Girl (1958)

NR 10/28/1958 (US) Crime, Drama, Romance 1h 39m

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You'll meet her at the roughest parties ...with the toughest guys in town!

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Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo threatens to hurt the showgirl if Farrell leaves him.

Nicholas Ray

Director
George Wells

Screenplay
Leo Katcher

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Robert Taylor

Tommy Farrell
Cyd Charisse

Vicki Gaye
Lee J. Cobb

Rico Angelo
John Ireland

Louis Canetto
Kent Smith

Jeffrey Stewart
Claire Kelly

Genevieve Farrell
Corey Allen

Cookie La Motte
Lewis Charles

Danny Rimett
David Opatoshu

Lou Forbes
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A review by John Chard

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Written by John Chard on July 21, 2019

I know a girl a girl called Party, Party Girl.

Crippled Lawyer Thomas Farrell (Robert Taylor) has made a career defending crooks in trials, so much so he's now the front line defender for the Chicago mob. But into his life comes dancer Vicki Gayle (Cyd Charisse), who as he starts to fall in love with her, makes him see that his life is worth so much more than that. However, mob king Rico Angelo (Lee J. Cobb) is keen to retain Farrell's services, at any price it seems.

There's no getting away from it, Party Girl (a euphemism for a prostitute) features a very standard formulaic plot. It's... read the rest.

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