Black Tuesday

Black Tuesday is a 1954 film noir starring Edward G. Robinson. It marks 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 featured Jean Parker. It was shot in black-and-white. The film was due to be released on DVD by VCI Entertainment after an announcement made in 2005. A quality copy of the film has long been sought by collectors. A violent con, Vincent Canelli , escapes prison on the night of his execution. With the help of a phony 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 gang 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.
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