Park Row (1952) by Samuel Fuller
Sunday, October 2, 1983, 7:30 pm
Samuel Fuller’s Park Row & Underworld USA
Park Row
United States, 1952, 83 min.
This was ex-reporter Fuller’s first independent feature, financed with his own money, and perhaps his most personal effort. Set in 1886, the story concerns the rivalry between two newspaper publishers, Charity Hacket and Phineas Mitchell during the spawning of big time, sensationalist journalism.
Underworld USA (9:15)
United States, 1961, 95 min.
As a film about organized crime, Underworld USA portrays the violence engendered by violence and the threat to society posed by the syndicate. This straightforward, explosively edited gangster picture is the story of Tolly Devlin, who as a child, witnesses his father’s murder and vows revenge. We follow Devlin as he weaves his way through both sides of the law to extract his revenge.