# The Case Against Brooklyn > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Case_Against_Brooklyn > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Case_Against_Brooklyn.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Case_Against_Brooklyn > Source revision: 1339355477 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1958 film The Case Against Brooklyn Original film poster Directed by Paul Wendkos Screenplay by Raymond T. Marcus Daniel B. Ullman Story by Daniel B. Ullman Based on "I Broke the Brooklyn Graft Scandal" by Ed Reid Produced by Charles H. Schneer Starring Darren McGavin Margaret Hayes Cinematography Fred Jackman, Jr. Edited by Edwin H. Bryant Production company Morningside Productions Distributed by Columbia Pictures Release date June 1958 (1958-06) Running time 81 minutes Country United States Language English ***The Case Against Brooklyn*** is a 1958 [film noir](/source/Film_noir) [crime film](/source/Crime_film) directed by [Paul Wendkos](/source/Paul_Wendkos), starring [Darren McGavin](/source/Darren_McGavin) and [Margaret Hayes](/source/Margaret_Hayes),[1] and based on the *[True Magazine](/source/True_(magazine))* article "I Broke the Brooklyn Graft Scandal" by crime reporter [Ed Reid](/source/Ed_Reid).[2][3] The film features depictions of American [police corruption](/source/Police_corruption), though no police officer in uniform is shown to be corrupt. ## Plot In an attempt to combat police corruption, newly graduated rookie cops are recruited to serve undercover to find information on a complex illegal betting network in [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn).[4][5] One of these officers, ex-Marine Pete Harris, formerly with [Military Intelligence](/source/Military_Intelligence) in Japan, is tasked to make the acquaintance of a woman whose husband was recently murdered by the Mob over gambling debts.[6] ## Cast - [Darren McGavin](/source/Darren_McGavin) as Pete Harris - [Margaret Hayes](/source/Margaret_Hayes) as Lil Polombo née Alexander (as Maggie Hayes) - [Warren Stevens](/source/Warren_Stevens) as Rudi Franklin - [Peggy McCay](/source/Peggy_McCay) as Mrs. Jane Harris - [Tol Avery](/source/Tol_Avery) as Dist. Atty. Michael W. Norris - [Emile Meyer](/source/Emile_Meyer) as Police Capt. T.W. Wills - [Nestor Paiva](/source/Nestor_Paiva) as Finelli - [Brian G. Hutton](/source/Brian_G._Hutton) as Jess Johnson (as Brian Hutton) - [Robert Osterloh](/source/Robert_Osterloh) as Det. Sgt. Bonney - [Joe Turkel](/source/Joe_Turkel) as Henchman Monte - [Bobby Helms](/source/Bobby_Helms) as Himself - Vocalist ## Further reading - Park, William (2011), ["Appendix A:Within the Genre"](https://books.google.com/books?id=W4RQSvoBwGkC&pg=PA102), What is Film Noir?, [Bucknell University Press](/source/Bucknell_University_Press), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-6114-8363-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-6114-8363-5) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["The Case Against Brooklyn (1958) - Paul Wendkos"](http://www.allmovie.com/work/the-case-against-brooklyn-86768). *AllMovie*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["The Case Against Brooklyn"](http://americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/the-case-against-brooklyn). *[American Cinematheque](/source/American_Cinematheque)*. Retrieved June 3, 2022.[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["The Case Against Brooklyn - Darrin McGavin"](http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_61/the_case_against_brooklyn.htm). *dvd beaver*. Retrieved June 3, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["The Case Against Brooklyn (1958)"](https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/film864246.html). *film affinity*. Retrieved June 3, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Film Noir Collection Vol. 1 (Case Against Brooklyn, Criminal Lawyer, Crooked Web, Escape from San Quentin, Shadow on the Window)"](https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/59967/film-noir-collection-vol-1-case-against-brooklyn-criminal-lawyer-crooked-web-escape-from-san-quentin-shadow-on-the-window/). *DVD Talk*. December 4, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["The Case Against Brooklyn (1958)"](https://wheredangerlives.blogspot.com/2011/09/case-against-brooklyn-1958.html). *Where Danger Lives*. September 30, 2011. Retrieved June 3, 2022. ## External links - [*The Case Against Brooklyn*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051456/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - John Grant [The Case Against Brooklyn](https://noirencyclopedia.wordpress.com/2016/01/27/case-against-brooklyn-the-1958/) @ Noirish - [The Case Against Brooklyn](https://www.imcdb.org/m51456.html) Internet Movie Cars Database v t e Films directed by Paul Wendkos The Burglar (1957) The Case Against Brooklyn (1958) Tarawa Beachhead (1958) Gidget (1959) Face of a Fugitive (1959) Battle of the Coral Sea (1959) Because They're Young (1960) Angel Baby (1961) Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961) Gidget Goes to Rome (1963) Johnny Tiger (1966) Attack on the Iron Coast (1967) Fear No Evil (1969) Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) Hell Boats (1970) The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970) Cannon for Cordoba (1970) The Mephisto Waltz (1971) A Little Game (1971) A Death of Innocence (1971) The Family Rico (1972) Haunts of the Very Rich (1972) The Strangers in 7A (1972) The Underground Man (1974) The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975) Special Delivery (1976) The Death of Richie (1977) Good Against Evil (1977) 79 Park Avenue (1979) Betrayal (1978) A Woman Called Moses (1978) The Five of Me (1981) Cocaine: One Man's Seduction (1983) Scorned and Swindled (1984) The Bad Seed (1985) Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife (1987) Six Against the Rock (1987) Right to Die (1987) The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (1988) The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988) Cross of Fire (1989) Blind Faith (1990) The Chase (1991) White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (1991) A Match Made in Heaven (1997) This 1950s crime film-related article is a stub. 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