The Phenix City Story

A crime-busting lawyer and his initially reluctant attorney father take on the forces that run gambling and prostitution in their small Southern town.

Cast

John McIntire

as Albert L. "Pat" Patterson

Richard Kiley

as John Patterson

Kathryn Grant

as Ellie Rhodes

Edward Andrews

as Rhett Tanner

Lenka Peterson

as Mary Jo Patterson

Biff McGuire

as Fred Gage

Truman Smith

as Ed Gage

Jean Carson

as Cassie

Kathy Marlowe

as Mamie

John Larch

as Clem Wilson

Reviews

John Chard

I'm not stickin' my neck out. Why should I? Phenix City has been what it is for 80, 90 years. Who am I to try to reform it? The Phenix City Story is directed by Phil Karlson and written by Daniel Mainwaring and Crane Wilbur. It stars John McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn Grant, Edward Andrews an...

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