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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.
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
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.
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. Edith Grafton. Story.
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.
Shot on location by Nicolas Roeg, The System recalls Federico Fellini's bittersweet Il Vitelloni (1953) while pointing the way towards such coming-of-age classics as George Lucas' American Graffiti (1973) and Barry Levinson's Diner (1982).
The title refers to the manner in which a major gambling syndicate can so insinuate itself in "respectable" business circles that it becomes virtually impossible for justice to prevail. Big-city syndicate head John Merrick (Frank Lovejoy) is targeted for investigation by a crusading newspaper.
