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Fact-inspired crime tale set in 1900s New York offered Gene Kelly a change of pace as Johnny Columbo, an Italian-American taken back to the old country as a boy when his father was killed by notorious extortionist gang the Black Hand. Grown and back in town, Johnny teams with a sympathetic cop (J. Carroll Naish) to get the goods on the racket and break their influence. Teresa Celli, Marc Lawrence co-star. 92 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.