# The Vicious Years > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Vicious_Years > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Vicious_Years.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vicious_Years > Source revision: 1339381185 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1950 film This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "The Vicious Years" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The Vicious Years Directed by Robert Florey Written by N. Richard Nash Produced by Anson Bond Starring Tommy Cook Eduard Franz Gar Moore Cinematography Henry Freulich Edited by Fred Allen Music by Arthur Lange Production company Emerald Productions Distributed by Film Classics Release date 10 March 1950 (1950-03-10) Running time 81 minutes Country United States Language English ***The Vicious Years*** is a 1950 American [crime drama film](/source/Crime_drama_film) directed by [Robert Florey](/source/Robert_Florey) and starring [Tommy Cook](/source/Tommy_Cook_(actor)), [Eduard Franz](/source/Eduard_Franz) and [Gar Moore](/source/Gar_Moore). ## Plot Italian war orphan Mario witnesses Luca Rossi committing a murder. Eager for a home and family life, Mario promises not to inform the police if Luca will take him into his household and family. Luca fears and hates Mario, but his father, mother and sister all come to love him. Afraid that Mario will reveal his secret, Luca attempts to kill him. Emilio Rossi realizes that his son is evil and surrenders him to the police. Mario is persuaded to stay with the family as an adopted son. ## Cast - [Tommy Cook](/source/Tommy_Cook_(actor)) as Mario - Sybil Merritt as Dina Rossi - [Eduard Franz](/source/Eduard_Franz) as Emilio Rossi - [Gar Moore](/source/Gar_Moore) as Luca Rossi - [Anthony Ross](/source/Anthony_Ross) as Inspector Umberto Spezia - [Marjorie Eaton](/source/Marjorie_Eaton) as Zia Lola - [Russ Tamblyn](/source/Russ_Tamblyn) as Tino [1] - [Eve Miller](/source/Eve_Miller) as Giulia - [Lester Sharpe](/source/Lester_Sharpe) as Matteo - [John Doucette](/source/John_Doucette) as Giorgio ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ink_1-0)** Vagg, Stephen (January 12, 2026). ["Not Quite Movie Stars: Russ Tamblyn"](https://www.filmink.com.au/not-quite-movie-stars-russ-tamblyn/). *Filmink*. Retrieved January 12, 2026. ## External links - [*The Vicious Years*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043105/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Robert Florey One Hour of Love (1927) The Romantic Age (1927) Face Value (1927) The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra (1928) The Hole in the Wall (1929) The Cocoanuts (1929) The Battle of Paris (1929) Skyscraper Symphony (1929) The Road Is Fine (1930) My Wife's Teacher (1930) Love Songs (1930) Black and White (1931) Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) The Man Called Back (1932) Those We Love (1932) Girl Missing (1933) Ex-Lady (1933) The House on 56th Street (1933) Bedside (1934) Registered Nurse (1934) Smarty (1934) I Sell Anything (1934) I Am a Thief (1934) The Woman in Red (1935) The Florentine Dagger (1935) Going Highbrow (1935) Don't Bet on Blondes (1935) Ship Cafe (1935) The Payoff (1935) The Preview Murder Mystery (1936) Till We Meet Again (1936) Hollywood Boulevard (1936) Outcast (1937) King of Gamblers (1937) Mountain Music (1937) This Way Please (1937) Daughter of Shanghai (1937) Dangerous to Know (1938) King of Alcatraz (1938) Disbarred (1939) Hotel Imperial (1939) The Magnificent Fraud (1939) Death of a Champion (1939) Parole Fixer (1940) Women Without Names (1940) The Face Behind the Mask (1941) Meet Boston Blackie (1941) Two in a Taxi (1941) Dangerously They Live (1941) Lady Gangster (1942) The Desert Song (1943) Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944) Man from Frisco (1944) God Is My Co-Pilot (1945) Danger Signal (1945) The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948) Rogues' Regiment (1948) Outpost in Morocco (1949) The Crooked Way (1949) The Vicious Years (1950) Johnny One-Eye (1950) Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951) This article about a 1950s crime drama film is a stub. 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