It Rips Through "Chi" Like A Hurricane!
In the Windy City, the mob infiltrates a powerful union.
Brian Keith Beverly Garland Dick Foran Douglas Kennedy Paul Langton Elisha Cook Jr. Gavin Gordon Beverly Tyler Anthony George Buddy Lewis Thomas Browne Henry Phyllis Coates William H. O'Brien Asa Maynor Henry Rowland Harlan Warde Jack Lambert Byron Keith Charles Meredith Kenner G. Kemp Chuck Hamilton Rudy Germane John Pelletti Jack Carr Chet Brandenburg Mathew McCue Norman Stevans Bert Stevens Frank Marlowe Murray Pollack John Roy David Armstrong Walter Bacon Jim Bannon John Breen Linda Brent Benny Burt George Cisar Tom Coleman Myron Cook Russell Custer Walt Davis Jean Dean Harry Evans Sam Finn John Hamilton John Indrisano Helen Jay Jack Kenney Robert Lawson Sharon Lee Nancy Marlowe Thomas Martin Joe McGuinn Dennis Moore John Morley Monty O'Grady Carl Princi Joey Ray Waclaw Rekwart Mark Scott Lynn Storey Robert Strong Arthur Tovey Ralph Volkie Guy Way Harry Wilson
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