A Lion Is in the Streets
DirectorRaoul Walsh
“THE ROARING STORY OF A GIVE-AND-TAKE GUY! He took plenty from the chiselers...the crooks...and the tin-horns...and gave 'em nothing in return!”
A charismatic peddler from the Bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making?
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Laurette Luez tests for Lion is in the Streets (1953) B&W
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Cast
James Cagney
Hank Martin
Barbara Hale
Verity Wade Martin
Anne Francis
Sunny-Lou "Flamingo" McManamee
Warner Anderson
Jules Bolduc
John McIntire
Jeb Brown
Jeanne Cagney
Jennie Brown
Lon Chaney Jr.
Spurge McManamee
Frank McHugh
Frank Rector
Larry Keating
Robert L. Castleberry IV
Onslow Stevens
Guy Polli
James Millican
Samuel T. Beach
Mickey Simpson
Tim Beck, Blacksmith
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