Party Girl (1958)

Name: Party Girl
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Released: 1958-10-28
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Lee J. Cobb, John Ireland, Kent Smith

You'll meet her at the roughest parties ...with the toughest guys in town!

CrimeDramaRomance

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.

Release Date: October 28, 1958
Runtime: 1h 39m
Rating: 6.8/10 (68 votes)

Director: Nicholas Ray

Cast: Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Lee J. Cobb, John Ireland, Kent Smith, Claire Kelly, Corey Allen, Lewis Charles

Production: Euterpe Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

dancer film noir hostage situation showgirl mob boss ethical dilemma trial lawyer

IMDb

Budget: $2M
Revenue: $2M

Full Cast (90 people)

Robert Taylor as Tommy Farrell
Cyd Charisse as Vicki Gaye
Lee J. Cobb as Rico Angelo
John Ireland as Louis Canetto
Kent Smith as Jeffrey Stewart
Claire Kelly as Genevieve Farrell
Corey Allen as Cookie La Motte
Lewis Charles as Danny Rimett
David Opatoshu as Lou Forbes
Kem Dibbs as Joey Vulner
Patrick McVey as Detective O'Malley
Barbara Lang as Ginger D'Amour
Myrna Hansen as Joy Hampton
Betty Utey as Cindy Consuelo
Leon Alton as Police Officer (uncredited)
Hy Anzell as Man in Hall (uncredited)
Herb Armstrong as Intern (uncredited)
Walter Bacon as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Steve Benton as Actor in Show (uncredited)
Margaret Bert as Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Herman Boden as Speciality Dancer (uncredited)
Peter Bourne as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Marshall Bradford as District Attorney (uncredited)
Bob Calder as Speciality Dancer (uncredited)
Pat Cawley as Farrell's Secretary (voice) (uncredited)
Barrie Chase as Showgirl (uncredited)
Dick Cherney as Porter (uncredited)
Jack R. Clinton as Party Guest (uncredited)
Gene Coogan as Juror (uncredited)
Russell Custer as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Reviews

John Chard - 7/10

I know a girl a girl called Party, Party Girl. Crippled Lawyer Thomas Farrell (Robert Taylor) has made a career defending crooks in trials, so much so he's now the front line defender for the Chicago mob. But into his life comes dancer Vicki Gayle (Cyd Charisse), who as he starts to fall in love with her, makes him see that his life is worth so much more than that. However, mob king Rico Angel...

July 21, 2019