Fact-based story of a rookie cop who takes on a crime syndicate involved in corrupting government officials in Brooklyn, New York.Fact-based story of a rookie cop who takes on a crime syndicate involved in corrupting government officials in Brooklyn, New York.Fact-based story of a rookie cop who takes on a crime syndicate involved in corrupting government officials in Brooklyn, New York.
Margaret Hayes
- Lil Polombo
- (as Maggie Hayes)
Brian G. Hutton
- Jess Johnson
- (as Brian Hutton)
Joe Turkel
- Monte
- (as Joseph Turkel)
William Baskin
- Thug
- (uncredited)
Arthur Berkeley
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Robert Bice
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Dwight Brooks
- Detective
- (uncredited)
Booth Colman
- George - TV Interviewer
- (uncredited)
Dick Crockett
- Thug
- (uncredited)
Joe De Santis
- Gus Polumbo
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Ed Reid
- Daniel B. Ullman
- Bernard Gordon(originally as Raymond T. Marcus)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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- Trivia"Raymond T. Marcus" is listed as the writer for this film, but that was an alias used by Bernard Gordon. Gordon co-wrote this movie with Julian Zimet. Since the two were blacklisted during the McCarthy-era "Red Scare", their real names could not be used.
- Quotes
Ed Reid: When the law is suspended for a price, and truth and justice can be peddled in the marketplace, then every citizen's in danger. The law belongs to the highest bidder.
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"It's a nice day, for Brooklyn"
This fifties Columbia potboiler about bookies made with routine excellence was once considered important enough for Andrew Sarris to italicise it's title in his entry in Sarris's book 'American Cinema'.
The film doesn't stint on the fisticuffs and gunplay, but what really gives the film it's soul is Margaret Hayes as a careworn widow initially drawn to crewcutted hero Darren McGavin and devastated to learn that he's actually happily married.
Among the coppers those with sharp eyes will spot Brian Hutton (later director of 'Where Eagles Dare') and Joseph Turkel (best known for his much later role as the grinning barman in 'The Shining' but who already had two Kubrick's under his belt).
The film doesn't stint on the fisticuffs and gunplay, but what really gives the film it's soul is Margaret Hayes as a careworn widow initially drawn to crewcutted hero Darren McGavin and devastated to learn that he's actually happily married.
Among the coppers those with sharp eyes will spot Brian Hutton (later director of 'Where Eagles Dare') and Joseph Turkel (best known for his much later role as the grinning barman in 'The Shining' but who already had two Kubrick's under his belt).
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- Also known as
- Asphaltgeier
- Filming locations
- Brooklyn Borough Hall - Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA(Establishing shot used as the office building for District Attorney Michael W. Norris)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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