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The System is a 1953 American film noir crime film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Frank Lovejoy, Joan Weldon and Robert Arthur. Plot [ edit ] An honest bookmaker discovers the hard way that his line of work is a lot more dangerous than he first thought.
The System: Directed by Lewis Seiler. With Frank Lovejoy, Joan Weldon, Robert Arthur, Paul Picerni. Gambler John Merrick (Frank Lovejoy) is the head of a bookie syndicate and the newspaper is crusading against him and the rackets, primarily because Merrick is in love with Felice Stuart (Joan Weldon), daughter of the newspaper publisher who can ...
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Lewis Seiler
- 1953-04-18
Overview. A gambling boss is pressured by the law and press when a crusade is started against him after one of his collectors becomes a killer. Lewis Seiler. Director. Samuel Grafton. Story.
Part noir, part gangster film, part courtroom drama, part family melodrama, Eisinger’s script takes risks with the plot, the emotional climax when Merrick begins to sob alone at night in his empty office, encaged on all sides by the sliced light from Venetian blinds.
A senate committee investigating crime gets involved, the racketeers, other than Merrick who is a "nice guy", strike back and kill a reporter, and Merrick's own son, Jerry Merrick (Robert Arthur), commits suicide. Merrick, to his own disadvantage, helps bring down the syndicate.
Directed by Lewis Seiler. The shakedown shootout monster-reign that crimedom called… The System. A gambling boss is pressured by the law and press when a crusade is started against him after one of his collectors becomes a killer. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
Year: 1953. Original title: The System. Synopsis: Gambler John Merrick (Frank Lovejoy) is the head of a bookie syndicate and the newspaper is crusading against him and the rackets, primarily because Merrick is in love with Felice Stuart (Joan ...META_DESC_FILM_PROVIDERS see The System how where.
