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UNITED STATES · 1958
Party Girl
Nicholas Ray
Synopsis
Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo threatens to hurt the showgirl if Farrell leaves him.
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Films with Similar Themes
organized crime · moral redemption · corrupt legal system · coercion and blackmail · romance as catalyst for change
