Black Tuesday was a 1954 film noir starring Edward G. Robinson. The film is a return of Robinson playing evil gangster types like he did in early Warner Bros. films. The crime melodrama also stars Peter Graves in one of his early film roles. The film also starred Jean Parker. Shot in black-and-white. See also: 1953 in film 1954 1955 in film 1950s in film years in film film Events May 12 - The Marx Brothers Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda. ... Edward G. Robinson (December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was a Romanian-American actor of stage and film. ... Warner Bros. ... Poster for The Perils of Pauline (1914). ... Peter Graves (born March 18, 1926 as Peter Aurness) is an American actor who made more than 70 screen and TV films and series. ... Black-and-white (or variations including Black and White) can refer to a general term used in photography, film, and other media (see black-and-white). ...
The film is much sought after by film collectors. Only poor quality prints are currently available.
A violent con, Vincent Canelli (Robinson), escapes prison on the night of his execution. With the help of a phoney newspaper reporter and Canelli's girlfriend, the con takes along five hostages including a priest. Another inmate, Peter Manning, is taken along because Canelli wants the money Manning hid before going to jail. Manning is injured badly in the escape and leaves a bloody trail. The gange ends up at a hideout where they're surrounded by police. Canelli threatens to kill hostages if he's not given safe passage and murders the priest to make his point. Manning is horrified and ends up killing Canelli and giving himself and the others up to police.
Whether you consider the Creature series a death-rattle coda to Universal Pictures' claim to the title of "The Home of Horror," or a glorious extension of their high horror batting average, there's no denying that Blackie Lagoon (as fans call him) is the last notable monster to come from the "Golden Age" of horror.
Actually, the movie is a post-atomic hybrid of science fiction and horror.
And while I'd never deny the existence of the movie's subtexts (I've spent most of my professional life mining for subtexts), I find Creature more effective and enjoyable on the simpler level of a fun horror show with a surprising degree of pathos (no mean feat when working with a character that is largely expressionless).
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