New York Confidential (1955) | Full Film Noir Movie | Broderick Crawford | Richard Conte

The kill-or-be-killed world of organized crime is the focus of this hard-hitting expose from the Oscar-nominated writing team of Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene. Broderick Crawford is the NYC mob boss dealing out death as the answer to every crisis--from a minor member of his own syndicate, to a Washington lobbyist, to his own hired killers! "Considerable brutality as well as sex... One's attention [is] held tight from start to finish" (Harrison's Reports).
Cast: Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Anne Bancroft , Marilyn Maxwell, J. Carrol Naish
Director: Russell Rouse
#movie #50s #vintage #blackandwhite

[@ronaldstrange8981]

I defy any crime film lover not to appreciate and enjoy this excellent film. All round good performances; excellent script and the action never slowed or stopped. I loved it and at the age of 87, I have seen probably hundreds of crime movies over the years. Trust me, give it a whirl. You will not be disappointed. England, January, 2024.

[@peterpiper7441]

87 and still watching the classics. Hats off to you!

[@RBAILEY57]

Broderick Crawford was great in anything!

[@Grisostomo06]

Anne Bancroft, what a doll. She was a fashion model before acting.

[@FractalRaver]

I love that I can still find old noir films on YT. It’s amazing, because the alternative is such crap

[@QueenVelveeta]

This is a terrific movie. Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Marilyn Maxwell, and Anne Bancroft shine.

[@lizlocher3612]

Conte was super smooth in that first hit!!!

[@adimeter]

Whew. Movies from the old days. In this day and time of repeat recycled themes, nothing could be better than these old movies. Thank you to Sprocket Vault.

[@assassin8636]

Recycled? I wouldn't even say that not everything is recycled

[@adimeter]

@@assassin8636 not referring to this movie type.

[@anthonyvalenti9093]

Good mobster script! Bancroft/Conte are great. Gangsters, corrupt politicians. Somethings never change.

[@johna.4334]

Biden clan

[@adimeter]

I was born in 1948 and never knew how great Richard Conte was. I will not forget him now.

[@SantiagoBernebeu]

What an absolutely brilliant and wonderfully scripted film that was! Filled with drama, double cross, intrigue and typical gangland behaviour, it was great to see the likes of Richard Conte and Broderick Crawford delivering their usual quality. Film producers of today could learn a lot from their counterparts from that era, on how to make a film truly worth watching. This was good old fashioned acting without the special effects and going OTT. Many thanks for posting.

[@lemorab1]

Broderick Crawford really makes you believe he's a mob boss. Ditto Richard Conte. And a very young Anna Maria Italiano, aka Anne Bancroft! Fast moving, great script, believable performances.

[@j.criquette3334]

You write as if you're the first to discover these films. Many directors of today are quite open about their debt to film noirs of the 40s and 50s, most notoriously Martin Scorcese and Quentin Tarrantino.

[@anisaskcirmoht57]

Anne Bancroft was absolutely stunning

[@rescuepetsrule6842]

I have to see her Eyes 'talk' again

[@wolfwilliams]

Bancroft was such a fabulous, natural actor. What a performance.

[@user-op7ri1hy3w]

Richard Conte is always cool to watch, and this is the best I've seen from Broderick Crawford -- and Mrs. Robinson in younger days, sultry then as now. A fast, witty script.

[@ricardolorrio8228]

OK.. this is 10 out of 10 real Nior... every thing is here that is Nior... great B movie crime drama

[@ronaldfullerton1954]

A movie in Black and White...just got better with time as other mob movies learned from this...

[@ellenringer5236]

This is an excellent movie. They do not make them like this anymore.

[@minkeuk549]

Real mobster👍

[@nicolebrown5722]

Sure dont

[@adimeter]

Real acting and great dialogue.

[@johnzajac9849]

Later, Anne Bancroft, aka Anna Maria Louisa Italiano, age 25 in 1955, married famous film director Mel Brooks.

[@edwinagray4373]

Yep!

[@user-tg3tj2nq6v]

I thought it was excellent. Conte is brilliant. I found out that he was Barzini in the Godfather.

[@nicolebrown5722]

No shit thankyou

[@adimeter]

Oh wow! Thanks for that.

[@SloofmanTV]

This is GOLD!

[@JohnMoreno1958]

Intriguing story. "Dames" and all...😂❤

[@lonzo61]

Yeah, you betcha....dames....with gams, I tell ya. I love the dames, dats fer sher.

[@seanengland2060]

I have watched and enjoyed lots and lots of this genre and this one must be in the top 3 for quality, pace, stereotypes and storyline. It's like a great Humphry Bogart flick but on speed! Absolutely fantastic.

[@mavkuhn]

Absolutely brilliant! Watched it twice in a row.

[@elhache7160]

Yessss!! Ive been looking for this film!! Awesome!!!

[@robertberns3661]

Great movie, Crawford speaks so rapidly, did anyone else notice?

[@mlconlanmeister]

10-4,10-4!! (Highway Patrol)

[@YawehthedragondogofEL]

I had never seen a young Anne Bancroft in a movie before. What a beautiful young woman she was. Deep breathe, sigh.

[@paulsolon6229]

Ugh

[@rescuepetsrule6842]

Her Eyes are just crazy busy, and with her body language, they emphasize every word she says.

[@johna.4334]

'Bout time you take a cold shower.

[@ronaldfullerton1954]

Ann Bancroft was Mrs. R obinson...the seducer in The Graduate 60s movie

[@craigezell4261]

Love those cars.

[@kathylynch9732]

I don't usually watch mobster movies, but this was really good. Highly recommend.

[@hertzair1186]

Mike Mazurki was a the perfect tough guy gangster. Went from lawyer to wrestling to the screen.

[@adimeter]

Thank you for that history.

[@ronaldstrange8981]

Loved him as Moose Malloy with Dick Powell. Remember?

[@j.criquette3334]

This is a competently crafted Grade B film until Anne Bancroft enters. She eats the screen.

[@Apeksim]

Richard Conte was actually older than Broderick Crawford while filming this. Yet, having Crawford playing the elder somehow still fits

[@13muller9]

The difference was the hair line!!!

[@alexcampbell3032]

​@@13muller9 And the waistline.

[@syncue5411]

Richard Conte true gangster in this one. Loyal button-man. I’ve never seen this. Absolutely great film. Thanks for posting it

[@TheSprocketVault]

You're welcome!

[@ronaldfullerton1954]

Richard Conte was Bardzini in the Godfather...he could played the Godfather part just as Good as Al Pacino...smooth actor...

[@13699111]

Great movie great cast of actors

[@longbranch11207]

Oh thanks for posting. I was not expecting to shed tears 😭

[@AH-yu2pi]

Awe man, this movie is great. 👍🏿

[@BarlowPalminteri]

How Don Barzini made his bones. Coppola must have drawn volumes from this. One assasination attempt looks just like the hit on Vito in GF I. So gangster!

[@nicolebrown5722]

Yup

[@illadrobici]

Acting is always changing onscreen. In the time this movie was made, actors were still oriented to working on stage, where an actor must exaggerate. In fifty years, people will be able to pick out stylistic phoniness in the films of today. It's always changing, you just don't notice it contemporaneously because the style of acting today is in sync with what passes as real.

[@doriskarloff964]

Fantastic movie - as others have commented. Thanks for posting.

[@booklover3959]

Totally excellent movie....so realistic I am surprised it got made back then. And the names Charlie, Albert, and Ben were no accident. This came out two years before Albert Anastasia was killed in a barber shop....I wonder if he saw it.

[@gorge5412]

Like you, I was also thinking about the AA link.

[@nancycatania7763]

Excellent movie! Great acting! Thanks for posting!

[@martinhall932]

Would have been interesting if Rodney Dangerfield was cast as Lupo...

[@nicolebrown5722]

Hahaha

[@shan4078]

Such a great movie.I can't believe I have never seen it before. Thank you so much !

[@rayrussell6258]

Excellent film noir, one I've somehow overlooked and never watched. Thanks Sprocket Vault.

[@TheSprocketVault]

You're welcome!

[@davewhiteside6698]

Charlie's not really dead. He changed his name to Dan Matthews and joined the Highway Patrol! Ten four?

[@SantiagoBernebeu]

Hahahahaha.......Ten Four.

[@None-zc5vg]

Crawford was so fond of the booze when making "Highway Patrol" that he couldn't be filmed at the wheel on the real highway; it had to be done on private roads.

[@johna.4334]

"Leave your blood at the bank, not on the road"

[@Ourladyrules]

Great movie 🎥👍

[@rescuepetsrule6842]

TY The Sprocket Vault for making my day! Somehow, I never heard of this film, but it has 2 of my favorite actors in it, so a rare find. Bancroft, Conte & Crawford make it a powerhouse of a film. 1080HD with a quality film like this is a treat, too. I will rewatch it soon- I think Bancroft says more with her Eyes than many other actors. Don't read this until you see the movie: (About running of a road with no skid marks- I've dodged Deer at the last second without having time to hit the brakes.) TY!

[@adimeter]

All three were great actors. I'm so pleased to have seen Richard Conte in this rare form. I'd like more like this.

[@Jacktors]

Anne Bancroft is a wonderful actress

[@Century2008]

Cold steel vs. Iron Mountain. When the two forces work together, and when they collide, poetic justice Unstoppable meet immovable object.

[@lizlocher3612]

Besides, Broderick Crawford is ALWAYS good n funny n tough n a little classless, but vehement in his mob characterizations, n Richard Conte is one of my favourite film noir stars n leading men!!!

[@ant7936]

What an excellent film with great screen actors! Thanks.

[@geneva760]

Great movie. CHEERS from AUSTRALIA

[@DanielLee-yu1li]

Fantastic. 😊❤

[@ronaldfullerton1954]

Victor Conte ...Ann Bancroft saying good night....at her apartment...with no words...nice scene

[@Anne.2024]

Thank you

[@lizlocher3612]

Had to find a film noir to fall asleep to at 4:40a.m. cuz otherwise, my mind races too much in critique of any other type movies I haven't yet seen, n I totally hate anything made after 2000 unless it's Johnny Depp. Since he's not on for free, I go to my all time most elegant, interesting, beautiful n cool movies ever made "the film noir" genre.

[@ronaldstrange8981]

Thank you P.P. Appreciated.

[@donitaforrest9064]

The Syndicate just goes by WEF now, otherwise known as The Schwab Mob.

[@jimcrawford3185]

Or the Trilateral Commission

[@joelwalker6603]

Club of Rome doesn't get a mention?

[@AbdulHameed-dd4ez]

😊… brilliant! As close to real life as you can get…including the superb acting😊.

[@DouglasDeal-oj9rw]

Fabulous movie.

[@RobertJamesChinneryH]

Brod Crawford an almost forgotten actor...

[@jzzft11]

Liked everything about it except the Broderick Crawford character - the way it was written, not Crawford's performance- he's a peerless actor - but you cant rise above your material. The whole " he's a mob boss but a decent guy at heart" characterization didn't even come close to holding water w me though Crawford did as well as could be done with the material he had to work with. The rest of the characters and performances were all excellent though. Really liked Conte and Bancroft and the direction and photography and supporting character performances and pacing were all very good held my interest. Wish they'd done a better job with the lead character ( or secondary lead if you consider Conte's character the lead ) though. So many better portrayals of mob bosses in movies. Not comparing to the Godfather- there is plenty of other not as great portrayals that still are way better than this Lupo character not to mention characters like Willie Stark who isnt a mob boss but a political boss. Anyone who wants to see what Crawford can do with a portrayals of a morally ambiguous powerful man should go watch All The Kings Men immediately if you haven't seen it

[@gorge5412]

As you know, Crawford won an Oscar for his performance in ATKM.

[@ronaldfullerton1954]

Lupo character is flawed because thst is the theme of the movie...there is no Godfather hero in this movie...the theme is crime does not pay...the mob eats itself and every one it toutches

[@robertbruner7429]

Enjoyable from start to finish!

[@infraredruby2]

Zippo lighter in the opening scene put out a flame like the Hindenburg.

[@jessaca]

This was good

[@lizlocher3612]

Tastes like something you put wallpaper on wit!!! Broderick Crawford quip#1 - funny!!!😊

[@ver251209]

Ahead of it's time when. I didn't know the inner workings of the mob was known until the late 60's and 70's. The meeting of the bosses to organise a hits trope etc..

[@terminator7733]

Wow what a movie

[@eleazarlopez3292]

The End is convenient but unreal. In real life, Nick wouldn't returned home to be shot at. Nick would have SURELY have expect this, so he would have a Plan B or even C.

[@j.criquette3334]

He didn't return home. He was at the airport as instructed by Achilles who said he'd meet him there. Nick trusted Achilles as he was loyal to him first. So he had no reason to believe he would be double-crossed.

[@j.criquette3334]

@@gunorijssel7987 I certainly understand your point. My only point is that he, like anyone, has an Achilles Heel. You need to remember the scene when he is first introduced to Lupo, and they are reflecting on how Lupo knew his dad, etc. And Magellen reflects how loyal he remains to Achilles and only took the job under Lupo when Lupo said Achilles approved it. (And I think that was a lie though, yes?) As I write this, I would also suggest that the very name Johnny Achilles is a sort of foreshadowing, although a ham-fisted one. And also remember that the tough gangster Lupo himself had a very soft spot for his mother and daughter. This is a story about the human weaknesses of people who put on a show of strength. It sure is fun to debate a movie that is nearly 70 years old, isn't it? :o)

[@cweakley]

I wish James Gandolfini had lived long enough to remake this film as Charlie Lupo. Who would you have chosen for the roles of his daughter Katherine and Nick Magellan?

[@TJ-Dives]

Warner Bros. Alway's had the best films. Still do.

[@classybronxite]

This is the template for the movie Scarface with Al Pacino. Wow

[@domingoangulo3075]

Thanks....

[@lizlocher3612]

In this film noir Richard Conte emotes class, but I like the noir he's in where he's a gambling club owner in England n is studying class n manners n finishing school with the old English dowager!!! He's got the right idea, if you don't already have class, you have to study it!!!!

[@santiagorodriguez3330]

the Crawford Scream gets old after the tenth one😂😂😂

[@jettrink7510]

Crawford was a wonderful man...

[@jimcrawford3185]

But never sober

[@stephenrichards7461]

Enjoyed the film immensely. However it always strikes me as unusual that they never close their curtains and blinds at night. Crawford (Lupo) gets shot in an assassination attempt yet his curtains are wide open as in daytime. Makes it so easy for the shooters. So many films are like this, especially film noirs.

[@pressureworks]

Mrs Robinson never talked about her father.

[@user-qr5ki8ls2x]

And the kids (some of them way over 50!) think it all started with Puzo, Coppola and "The Godfather".

[@johna.4334]

34:28 Get a load of those Dagmars on the front of the Caddy. Those were the days!

[@ioriedwards7554]

EXCELLENT FILM NOIRE, BETTER THAN MST ON UTBE

[@FrankLowe1949]

One of the best.❤❤❤

[@TheSprocketVault]

Glad you liked it!

[@steveweinstein3222]

At least the 2nd time I've seen this movie. I must have a real penchant for it. The big problem is Crawford. An overbearing motor-mouth persona worked in All the King's Men because it's such a contrast to how he started out. Underplaying the mob boss would have been more effective. There's no subtlety, he's one-dimensional and, for all the bluster, it's a static performance.

[@doriskarloff964]

'penchant' eh? I see what you did there!😉👍

[@russcooke5671]

Penchant 😂❤

[@kevinjay5908]

Broderick Crawford was a bad ass.

[@gplunk]

'Clean as a whistle'....

[@zorkonthegreat5879]

I forgot that Anne Bancroft was on the titles then at 41:28 it was like, hey that's her.

[@scottrichards3587]

More excellent music from Mullendore😊

[@yellowquantum4240]

I can see Conte blossoming to a Barzini in the Godfather.... #1 code never sleep with the Capo's lady or else !

[@testosticleesoralius8546]

When they colorize this film properly, the colors on all the killer neckties everyone is wearing will be from the original color palette of those tie companies.

[@andrewfrankovic6821]

I wouldn 't mind just a glimpse of the colors.

[@8176morgan]

That sure sounds like the famous film noir announcer Reed Hadley at the beginning of the movie, uncredited as he usually was. A decent flick but too much like a "crime opera" for my liking, and to make it worse there were far too many commercials throughout the picture, like about every five minutes. Yuk! 😒

[@kitparker9448]

Thank you for pointing out the issue with commercials as there shouldn't be so many. I'll make sure something is done about it. Thanks again.

[@johnreitz5676]

Back when tough guys were driven around in Nashes.

[@johna.4334]

@@johnreitz5676 LoLs

[@johna.4334]

Suggestion: Change your browser.

[@lilblackduc7312]

KZbin gets progressively worse, year after year...

[@Gianniutah]

When America was still great

[@c.l.j.jardell5811]

Yummy. A Salami on rye and a. Kosher pickle !!!

[@cameliachihaia6502]

Anne bancroft i thought it was a latina actress!!

[@BobbyEdwards-bu9lx]

Interesting this came out the same year Barzini gets killed in Godfather 1

[@jhudson204]

Just watch it!

[@ronaldfullerton1954]

Nick gets the hit on Lupo...it is always your best friend who does it...like Al Pacino as Lefty told Johnny Dep as Donnie Brasco...when Lefty gets sent for...

[@BrooklynRival7718]

Did y’all notice the daughters face after her dad slapped her? Great great acting

[@stevefowler3398]

I see the origins of THE GODFATHER in this film.

[@ronaldfullerton1954]

This movie is very similar to most mob stories but the end of the movie in New York Confidential...where crime does not pay...is very different than that of the Godfather...where the mob is glorified at the end

[@lizlocher3612]

When will they ever learn a $30,000 painting does not a classy person make. It takes education n variety of subjects n classical literature of all types. Without exposure to those subjects n intense sometimes years of study, class will always elude you!!

[@catdog2706]

❤❤❤

[@pfromturri194]

Richard Conte….the Barzini in The Godfather

[@dr.aniasara7038]

School bullies.

[@foto21]

I expected a lower level kind of city level crime drama, not something more on the scale of the Godfather or Casino, which addressed the period in which the mob were losing the grip to aggressive prosecutors and Congressional investigations. Pretty wild stuff. 'This is how the Cartel works'. Some things just never change. THis film proves once again all you need is A. a great cast B. a great script C. good sets. Anything else is a distraction really. Anne Bancroft is an off the chain smartmouth. In real life, she would be in serious trouble. Nick should've run off with Lupo's daughter. They were both stupid. I thought Nick would have more brains. Kind of a plot hole really. This guy is so loyal he just gets wrecked. Yeah, I want a different ending.