Terror in the City
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Allen Baron
Lee Grant
Richard Bray
Michael Higgins
Roberto Marsach
Robert Allen
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
When his father scolds him for damaging the roof of his house, Brill, a young farm boy, runs away from his Pennsylvania home to make his fortune in New York City. He falls in with a gang of shoeshine boys and paper carriers working under Rick, a young hood who takes half of their earnings. On his second day in the big city, Brill wins most of Rick's money in a crap game and takes his new friend, Paco, for a night on the town. When Rick's gang beats up Brill for taking their money, he is rescued by a prostitute, Suzy, who takes him home, washes his wounds, buys him clothes and shows him the sights of Manhattan. After seeing Suzy and another prostitute arrested by the police, Brill decides to buy a bicycle and return home. En route, his bicycle is wrecked by a truck, and he spends the night with an elderly Negro couple from whom he learns the meaning of self-respect. The next day a sadder but wiser Brill arrives home and gives his father the remainder of his fortune.
Director
Allen Baron
Cast
Lee Grant
Richard Bray
Michael Higgins
Roberto Marsach
Robert Allen
Sylvia Miles
Jaime Charlamagne
Robert Earl Jones
Ruth Attaway
Charles Jordan
Roscoe Lee Browne
Rick Colitti
Muriel Franklin
Monroe Arnold
Boris Marshalov
Spencer Davis
Fred Feldt
Bill Da Prato
Joseph Leberman
Milton Luchan
Mel Brown
Danny Dresser
Debby Bliss
Susie Dresser
Orlando Rosa
Willie Tomblin
Jon Evans
Carmelo De La Cruz
Johnny Pacyznski
Ed Greenberg
Crew
Allen Baron
Allen Baron
Bischoff-diamond Corp.
Merrill Brody
Merrill Brody
Charles Federmack
James Geallis
Joel Glickman
Donald Malkames
Robert Mersey
Dorothy E. Reed
Charles Rosen
Ralph Rosenblum
Jim Shields
Richard Wolf
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Filmed on location in New York City and in Cooperstown, New York. The working title of this film is The Truant; prerelease title: Pie in the Sky.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1964
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Released in United States Winter January 1, 1964
