The Mob is a 1951 film noir crime thriller film directed by Robert Parrish and starring Broderick Crawford as a hard-nosed cop who infiltrates the Mob in order to bust their illegal dockyard activities. The actor Charles Bronson makes one of his first film appearances as a longshoreman and was uncredited.
Plot
Johnny Damico (Broderick Crawford), a detective going home in the rain one night, finds himself just a few feet from a shooting on a dark street, where the gunman claims to be a detective from another precinct, flashing a real badge—and then slipping away. Damico discovers that the victim of the shooting was a witness who was to have appeared before a grand jury investigating waterfront crime, and that the same man who shot him also murdered the chief investigator on the case just a few hours earlier (which is where the badge came from).
Johnny Damico (Broderick Crawford), a detective going home in the rain one night, finds himself just a few feet from a shooting on a dark street, where the gunman claims to be a detective from another precinct, flashing a real badge—and then slipping away. Damico discovers that the victim of the shooting was a witness who was to have appeared before a grand jury investigating waterfront crime, and that the same man who shot him also murdered the chief investigator on the case just a few hours earlier (which is where the badge came from).
Damico could lose his job, but instead he's given the chance to redeem himself—he's sent undercover and given a new identity as New Orleans tough-guy Tim Flynn, who insinuates himself onto the New York waterfront when he arrives on ship. He manages to hook up with union thug Joe Castro (Ernest Borgnine) and his strong-arm man Gunner (Neville Brand), who try to frame him for a murder that also gets a potential stoolie Culio (Frank DeKova) out of the way and that hooks Damico up with crooked police sergeant Bennion (Walter Klavun) who arrests him. After following one blind alley involving a federal agent Thomas Clancy (Richard Kiley) working as a longshoreman, Damico manages to get an intro to Blackie Clegg (Matt Crowley).
Cast
Broderick Crawford as Johnny Damico
Betty Buehler as Mary Kiernan
Richard Kiley as Thomas Clancy
Otto Hulett as Police Lt. Banks
Matt Crowley as Smoothie, the bartender
Neville Brand as Gunner, Castro henchman
Ernest Borgnine as Joe Castro
Jean Alexander as Doris Clancy
Walter Klavun as Police Sgt. Bennion
Lynn Baggett as Peggy Clancy
Ralph Dumke as Police Commissioner
John Marley as Tony
Frank DeKova as Culio
Charles Bronson in an uncredited role as Jack, a longshoreman
Broderick Crawford as Johnny Damico
Betty Buehler as Mary Kiernan
Richard Kiley as Thomas Clancy
Otto Hulett as Police Lt. Banks
Matt Crowley as Smoothie, the bartender
Neville Brand as Gunner, Castro henchman
Ernest Borgnine as Joe Castro
Jean Alexander as Doris Clancy
Walter Klavun as Police Sgt. Bennion
Lynn Baggett as Peggy Clancy
Ralph Dumke as Police Commissioner
John Marley as Tony
Frank DeKova as Culio
Charles Bronson in an uncredited role as Jack, a longshoreman
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The Mob (1951)
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