About this title: The System was one of several "exposé" films inspired by the Kefauver crime committee. The title refers to the manner in which a major gambling syndicate can so insinuate itself in "respectable" business circles that it becomes virtually impossible for justice to prevail. Big-city syndicate head John Merrick (Frank Lovejoy) is targeted for investigation by a crusading newspaper. The publisher (Fay Roope) uses this opportunity as a means to squelch his daughter's (Joan Weldon) romance with the unscrupulous Merrick. Called to testify before a crime commission, Merrick at first invokes the Fifth ...
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Description: Frank Lovejoy, Joan Weldon, Paul Picerni, Don Beddoe, Frank Richards. Very good in very good packaging. Originally released: 1953. Language: English. Run time: 90 mins. Aspect ratio: 1.37. Ex-rental copy. Like New Condition. Gambler John Merrick (Frank Lovejoy) is the head of a bookie syndicate and the newspaper is crusading against him and the rackets... read more
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