The Man from Chicago
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The Man from Chicago is a 1930 British crime film
directed by Walter Summers
and starring Bernard Nedell
, Dodo Watts
, Joyce Kennedy and Austin Trevor
. An American
gangster moves to Britain and begins to take on the British criminal underworld.
Crime film
Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...
directed by Walter Summers
Walter Summers
Walter Summers was a British film director and screenwriter.-Biography:Born in Barnstaple to a family of actors, British motion picture director Walter Summers began his career in the family trade; his first contact with filmmaking was as an assistant to American director George Loane Tucker, who...
and starring Bernard Nedell
Bernard Nedell
Bernard Jay Nedell was an American film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1916 and 1972. He was born in New York, New York and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:* The Serpent...
, Dodo Watts
Dodo Watts
Dodo Watts was a British film actress. Her birth name was Dorothy Margaret Watts.-Selected filmography:* Auld Lang Syne * School for Scandal * Almost a Honeymoon * The Man from Chicago...
, Joyce Kennedy and Austin Trevor
Austin Trevor
Austin Trevor was a Belfast born actor who had a long career in British films and television.He was the first actor to play Agatha Christie's detective Hercule Poirot on screen in three British films during the early 1930s: Alibi , Black Coffee and Lord Edgware Dies...
. An American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
gangster moves to Britain and begins to take on the British criminal underworld.