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"Nobody ever quit me. I got rid of a few guys, but nobody ever quit."
At a party for gangster Rico Angelo (Lee J. Cobb), Vicki Gaye (Cyd Charisse), a showgirl, meets Thomas Farrell (Robert Taylor), Rico's lawyer. Although they get a rocky beginning, over time they fall in love. Farrell doesn't enjoy being a lawyer for a ruthless mobster, but when he tries to quit in order to live a happy, peaceful life with Vicki, Rico threatens to cripple him permanently and ruin Vicki's face with acid. Needless to say, Farrell decides to remain Rico's lawyer, even after Rico starts a bloody war with mobster Cookie La Motte (Corey Allen). <
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>Because of the frequent bloodshed the police go after everyone in Rico's organization, and they arrest both Farrell and Vicki as witnesses. The police get no where after questioning Farrell repeatedly, so they get Vicki to convince him that helping them is the right thing to do. As time passes by, Farrell realizes that Rico has no intentions of bailing him out of jail. After finally telling the cops everything he knows, Farrell doesn't have to wait long before Rico's goons grab him off the street for a meeting with the boss. Both Farrell and Vicki are held prisoner by Rico and his mob, and it's up to Farrell to stall the hoodlums long enough for the police to show up and save the day. But stalling these psychotic killers proves to be difficult, and before long there's more blood being spilt. <
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>1958's "Party Girl" is a very entertaining gangster movie directed by a man who was no stranger to crime films: Nicholas Ray. Robert Taylor and Cyd Charisse were great together, while Lee J. Cobb played the villian to perfection as usual. In great support was John Ireland as Rico's right-hand man, Louis Canetto. Usually not included when discussing Nicholas Ray's best films, "Party Girl" is nevertheless an underated crime drama, with a rich 1930's gangland Chicago atmosphere and exceptional performances. Plus, the showgirls look great.

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"When you sell your pride, it's tough to put a price on it."
In 1930s Chicago, Vicki Gaye (Cyd Charisse) is a showgirl at the Golden Rooster nightclub when gangster Louis Canetto (John Ireland) offers her $100 to attend a party thrown by head mobster Rico Angelo (Lee J. Cobb). Angelo has just heard the disappointing news that his screen heartthrob, Jean Harlow got married, and the party is to help him 'cope' with the news. At the party, Vicki meets mob lawyer Thomas Farrell (Robert Taylor). An unhealed leg fracture has left him with a permanent limp, and a huge chip on his shoulder. Farrell is an excellent lawyer and is much prized by the oafish Angelo. After questioning each other's ethics, Vicki and Farrell begin an on-and-off again relationship. <
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>While "Party Girl" is a fairly typical mob scenario film, it's extremely well done, and has some excellent touches. Both Vicki and Farrell are part of Angelo's criminal empire, and yet they initially both criticize each other for being involved with a crook. Both Vicki and Farrell are very talented people--one scene shows Farrell in action in the courtroom, and Vicki has two solo dance numbers at the Golden Rooster. Similarly, both Vicki and Farrell, while employed by Angelo, don't hide their distaste for some aspects of the business, and they try to maintain a type of integrity in the face of massive corruption. Farrell maintains his independence by insulting Angelo and getting away with it. Vicki repulses the attentions of one of Angelo's chief hoods. <
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>Directed by Nicholas Ray, "Party Girl" is certain to please fans of gangster film--although the gangster mayhem is really at a minimum here. The story focuses instead on the prickly relationship between Vicki and Farrell as they question each other's morality and struggle against ultimate corruption in Angelo's world--displacedhuman

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> Party Girl est l'un des meilleurs rôles de Robert Taylor! où il y interprète un avocat véreux, plein d'intelligence, de sensibilité avec une séduction extraordinaire...L'histoire en elle-même, est une histoire humaine, qui parle du bien , du mal, de l'amour trahi, de l'amitié des gang's issus de la misère et de l'AMOUR VRAI, pour lequel les deux protagonistes n'hésitent pas à se remettrent en cause.Taylor y est merveilleux, sensuel à souhait et terriblement authentique!! Cyd Charisse dans ce rôle dramatique, y est également sublime.Ici, en France tous les cinéphiles attendent que Party Girl sorte en DVD. <
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> NB: n'oubliez JAMAIS ROBERT TAYLOR qui fût l'un des monuments du GOLDEN AGE!! SO PUT PARTY GIRL IN DVD THANK's