Crime in the Streets
Crime in the Streets
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Crime in the Streets

1956
Drama, Crime
1h 31m
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Avg Percentile 41.58% from 37 total ratings

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Rated 25 Sep 2021
4
51st
Feels a bit too stagey, but Cassavettes is great.
Rated 18 Nov 2015
82
67th
Cassavetes gives a great early performance as a street gang leader who finds himself at a crossroads. The only real flaw is it leans a bit too hard on the overt social commentary, it makes things feel a little forced, but it doesn't undermine the punch of the climax.
Rated 02 Jan 2015
50
0th
Don Siegel #1
Rated 23 Jun 2012
66
37th
66.000
Rated 02 Feb 2011
62
6th
Siegel's stylish opening is deceptive. This is a Reginald Rose screed about how love and understanding can save all the poor delinquent boys of the world. Cassavetes glowers, Mineo looks beautiful and lost, Rydell gives a fey and sinister performance, and the jazz score is "hep." But the flat '50's look,the cheap sound stage street, and the unnecessary repetition of dialogue make this look like an hour-long TV drama padded into feature film length. . . which it is (The Elgin Hour, 1955)
Rated 07 Aug 2010
56
12th
Cassavetes is far too old to play 18 convincingly. Worse than that is his overblown performance, as if he were trying to earn extra credit at the James Dean College of Intense Brooding. The city block sets look especially cheap, and the film feels dated, more so than most noirs. It's a lot of moralistic hand-wringing with very little nuance. There's a few interesting moments, Mineo and Rydell are terrific, the score is exciting, and the cinematography is quite good. Unfortunately, still a dud.

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