Flaxy Martin (1949) is a film noir directed by Richard L. Bare. The crime thriller features Virginia Mayo, Zachary Scott, Dorothy Malone, among others. The picture was based on a story written by David Lang.
The film tells of mob lawyer Walter Colby (Zachary Scott), who's involvement with a crime syndicate and a femme fatale, get him in trouble.
The drama begins with a murder and a screaming witness. The witness to the crime tells the police that...
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Flaxy Martin (1949) is a film noir directed by Richard L. Bare. The crime thriller features Virginia Mayo, Zachary Scott, Dorothy Malone, among others. The picture was based on a story written by David Lang.
The film tells of mob lawyer Walter Colby (Zachary Scott), who's involvement with a crime syndicate and a femme fatale, get him in trouble.
The drama begins with a murder and a screaming witness. The witness to the crime tells the police that she can identify the murderer and will never forget his face. Mob attorney Walter Colby (Scott) is called by crime boss Hap Richie (Douglas Kennedy) in the middle of the night to arrange the release of a Caesar (Jack Overman), one of his mobsters arrested for the murder. After Colby does so he tells his girlfriend, the unscrupulous mob-connected showgirl Flaxy Martin (Mayo), that he wants to quit the organization and become respectable.
Meanwhile, the syndicate arranges for Peggy Farrar (Helen Westcott) to falsely testify on behalf of Caesar....
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