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Directed by | Paul Stanley |
Produced by | Harry Kleiner |
Written by | Harry Kleiner |
Based on | the novel Cry Tough by Irving Shulman |
Starring |
John Saxon Linda Cristal |
Music by | Laurindo Almeida |
Cinematography |
Irving Glassberg Philip H. Lathrop |
Edited by | Frederic Knudtson |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time
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83 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English-Spanish |
Cry Tough is a 1959 crime drama film directed by Paul Stanley written by Harry Kleiner, starring John Saxon and Linda Cristal.
The screenplay of the film is based on the novel of the same name by Irving Shulman. However, in the transition from print to film the Jewish Brooklyn gang of the novel became a Puerto Rican gang in Spanish Harlem.