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The Phenix City Story

A father-son duo of lawyers team up to take down the powerful criminal syndicates behind illegal gambling and prostitution in a small town.

A semi-documentary film exposes a crime syndicate dominating an Alabama town, profiting from prostitution and rigged gambling targeting soldiers from Fort Benning. A lawyer, John Patterson, returns from the army and joins the reform movement to elect his father as state attorney general, sparking a violent response from the syndicate.

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Info about The Phenix City Story

Studio(s): Allied Artists Pictures

Originally Released: United States, Jul 19, 1955

Production Country: United States

Genres:Crime, Drama, Film-Noir