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Roaring City is a american film of genre Drama directed by William Berke released in USA on 4 may 1951 with Hugh Beaumont
Roaring City (1951)
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Add to a movie listRoaring City is a 1951 American crime film directed by William Berke and starring Hugh Beaumont, Edward Brophy and Richard Travis. It is a B movie, released by the low-budget Lippert Pictures. A private detective investigated a boxer's sudden death in San Francisco.
Actors
Hugh Beaumont
(Dennis O'Brien)
Edward Brophy
('Professor' Fredrick Simpson Schicka)
Richard Travis
(Inspector Bruger)
Joan Valerie
(Irma Rand)
Wanda McKay
(Sylvia Rand)
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