Portland Expose (1957)
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Virtually every major city in the 1950s harbored some sort of political corruption or other, providing plenty of material for the "exposé" school of filmmaking. Portland Expose is a fact-based account of skullduggery in the Oregon metropolis. Inspired by revelations made during the… More Virtually every major city in the 1950s harbored some sort of political corruption or other, providing plenty of material for the "exposé" school of filmmaking. Portland Expose is a fact-based account of skullduggery in the Oregon metropolis. Inspired by revelations made during the Senate's McClellan Committee hearings, the story concentrates on an honest tavern owner named George Madison (Edward Binns) who is involuntarily sucked into the city's rotten-to-the-core political machine. When Madison refuses to allow his establishment to serve as the gathering place for hoods and delinquents, the powers-that-be threaten to harm his family. Only after his daughter is attacked by a syndicate flunkey does Madison decide to fight back. At great personal risk, he manages to tape-record damning evidence against Portland's "untouchable" criminal kingpin (Russ Conway). The supporting cast includes such radio and TV "regulars" as Virginia Gregg, Larry Dobkin, Frank Gorshin and Joe Flynn. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Harold Schuster
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 11, 1957 Wide
- Studio
- VCI
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Cast
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Edward Binns
as George Madison
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Carolyn Craig
as Ruth Madison
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Virginia Gregg
as Clara Madison
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Russ Conway
as Phillip Jacman
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Frank Gorshin
as Joe
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Joseph Marr
as Larry
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Rusty Lane
as Tom Carmody
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Lea Penman
as Mrs. Stoneway
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Jeanne Carmen
as Iris
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Stanley Farrar
as Lennox
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Francis De Sales
as Alfred Grey
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Kort Falkenberg
as Speed Bromley
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Joe Flynn
as Ted Carl
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Jon Mikl Thor
as Capt. Vincent
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Lawrence Dobkin
as Garnell
