Roaring City

Roaring City is a 1951 American crime film produced and directed by William Berke and starring Hugh Beaumont, Edward Brophy and Richard Travis.^[1] It was distributed by the independent Lippert Pictures as a second feature^[2] intended for television as well as the cinema.^[3]

Roaring City
Directed by	William Berke
Written by	Julian Harmon Herbert H. Margolis Lou Morheim Victor West
Produced by	Jack Leewood William Berke
Starring	Hugh Beaumont Edward Brophy Richard Travis
Cinematography	Jack Greenhalgh
Edited by	Carl Pierson Harry Reynolds
Music by	Bert Shefter
Production company	Spartan Productions
Distributed by	Lippert Pictures
Release date	May 4, 1951 (1951-05-04)
Running time	59 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The film is closely related to the 1951 film Pier 23, which was filmed simultaneously with the same director, producers and cast, and with similar opening sequences. The two films were released at the same time, both as second features. Although Lipper Pictures announced before production that the project originally titled Pier 23 was to be retitled as Roaring City,^[4] the films are separate and have different overall plots.

Plot

A private detective investigates a boxer's sudden death in San Francisco.

Cast

• Hugh Beaumont as Dennis O'Brien
• Edward Brophy as 'Professor' Frederick Simpson Schicker
• Richard Travis as Inspector Bruger
• Joan Valerie as Irma Rand
• Wanda McKay as Sylvia Rand
• Rebel Randall as Gail Chase
• William Tannen as Ed Gannon
• Greg McClure as Steve Belzig, alias Vic Lundy
• Anthony Warde as Bill Rafferty
• Abner Biberman as Eddie Paige
• Stanley Price as Harry Barton
• A.J. Roth
• Paul Brooks as Ted Fallon, alias Steve Rand

See also

• Danger Zone (1951)
• Pier 23 (1951)