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The Enforcer

Play trailer Poster for The Enforcer 1951,  1h 27m,  Crime/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 89% 9 Reviews Tomatometer 70% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
89% Tomatometer 9 Reviews 70% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
For as long as crime boss Albert Mendoza (Everett Sloane) has been running a notorious ring of hired hit men, District Attorney Martin Ferguson (Humphrey Bogart) has been hunting him down. But Ferguson cuts a deal with Mendoza's henchman Joe Rico (Ted De Corsia), and the mob boss is finally arrested. However, Rico dies mysteriously before he can testify against Mendoza, and Ferguson must reexamine years of potential evidence, desperately searching for something to incriminate the gangster with.

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Richard Brody The New Yorker Jul 26, 2021
Walsh... endows the film's deadly violence with stylishly macabre flourishes. Yet the movie's originality is mainly in its script, by Martin Rackin. Go to Full Review
Virginia Graham The Spectator Jun 20, 2018
[The Enforcer] is a very good film indeed, and one which must appeal to anyone who happens to have a base instinct about him. Go to Full Review
Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television Jan 1, 2011
Vivid film noir, with many images that recall other Raoul Walsh thrillers. Go to Full Review
Steve Crum Video-Reviewmaster.com Feb 23, 2008
4/5
Fine latter day Bogie (1950), and the title says it all. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 4, 2005
3/5
Thomas Delapa Boulder Weekly Aug 25, 2004
2/5
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Cast & Crew

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Bretaigne Windust

Director

Humphrey Bogart

Dist. Atty. Martin Ferguson

Zero Mostel

Big Babe Lazick

Ted de Corsia

Joseph Rico

Everett Sloane

Albert Mendoza

Roy Roberts

Capt. Frank Nelson

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The Enforcer

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Synopsis For as long as crime boss Albert Mendoza (Everett Sloane) has been running a notorious ring of hired hit men, District Attorney Martin Ferguson (Humphrey Bogart) has been hunting him down. But Ferguson cuts a deal with Mendoza's henchman Joe Rico (Ted De Corsia), and the mob boss is finally arrested. However, Rico dies mysteriously before he can testify against Mendoza, and Ferguson must reexamine years of potential evidence, desperately searching for something to incriminate the gangster with.
Director
Bretaigne Windust
Producer
Milton Sperling
Production Co
United States Pictures
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 25, 1951, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 23, 2017
Runtime
1h 27m
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