Miami Expose (1956) DVD-R

Starring Lee J. Cobb, Patricia Medina, Edward Arnold, Michael Granger,
Eleanore Tanin, Alan Napier
Directed by Fred F. Sears

Print: black/white
Runtime: 73 min.
Genre: drama
Print Quality: B

Like most Sam Katzman efforts of the late 1950s, Miami Expose laid claim
to being "torn from today's headlines." Lensed on location, the film stars
Lee J. Cobb as dedicated police lieutenant Bart Scott. Though he'd like
nothing better than to smash Miami's gambling racketeers, Scott is
forever stymied by legal loopholes. It becomes personal when an old
friend of Scott's is killed during a turf war between ageing gambling czar
Raymond Sheridan (Alan Napier) and hot-headed upstart Louie Ascot
(Michael Granger). Patricia Medina plays Lila Hodges, sole witness to the
murder, who is placed in protective custody by Scott all part of a master
plan to bring the syndicate bosses out in the open. Also appearing as a
"bought" politician is Edward Arnold, who died during production.