{"id":41412,"date":"2026-04-03T07:34:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=41412"},"modified":"2026-04-03T07:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:34:10","slug":"black-tuesday-1954-written-by-sydney-boehm-starring-edward-g-robinson-peter-graves-jean-parker-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=41412","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Black Tuesday&#8221; (1954) written by Sydney Boehm, starring Edward G. Robinson, Peter Graves &amp; Jean Parker \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z040326zview_blacktues.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Black Tuesday <\/strong><\/em>(1954)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director: <strong>Hugo Fregonese<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>Sydney Boehm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Edward G. Robinson, Peter Graves, Jean Parker, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly, Hal Baylor, James Bell, Vic Perrin, Russell Johnson, Lee Aaker, James Bacon, Harry Bartell, Arthur Batanides, David Bond \u00a0<\/strong>and <strong>Milburn Stone<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline:<em> Rough&#8230; ruthless&#8230; real!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vincent Canelli sits on death row.\u00a0 In just a few minutes he will walk his <em>last mile<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>At least that was what was supposed to happen.<\/p>\n<p>It didn&#8217;t.\u00a0 Canelli with the help of his crime partners, pulled off an exciting, clever and deadly escape.\u00a0 From<em> death row<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now Canelli is on the lam with five hostages, the prison priest, the prison doctor, one of the guards who made Canelli&#8217;s time in prison miserable and a young reporter covering the execution.\u00a0 Caneilli has also brought along Peter Manning, another con on death row.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the entire police force on alert, Canelli and his crew&#8217;s odds of escape are low.\u00a0 Therefore they are willing to kill anyone who tries to stop them.\u00a0 The police are also ready to shoot to kill.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What chance do the hostages have?<\/p>\n<p>Sound the alarm, there&#8217;s been a prison break!<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Black Tuesday<\/em> is surprisingly dark even for noir movies of the era.\u00a0 It was banned by the Memphis Censor Board because of its brutality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Black Tuesday<\/em>, along with <em>Key Largo<\/em> and <em>Double Indemnity<\/em>, are my three favorite films starring Edward G. Robinson.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lee Aaker of<em> Hondo<\/em> and <em>Rin Tin Tin<\/em> fame appears uncredited.\u00a0 Also look for Russell Johnson (best know as <em>The Professor<\/em> on <em>Gilligan&#8217;s Island<\/em>) as one of the convicts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Milburn Stone co-stars along with Peter Graves in <em>Black Tuesday<\/em>.\u00a0 Graves would go on to fame in the television series <em>Mission Impossible<\/em>.\u00a0 Milburn Stone would get his most famous role as <em>Doc<\/em> on <em>Gunsmoke<\/em> which starred James Arness.\u00a0 Arness is brother to Peter Graves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hats off to Sydney Boehm for writing such a bold, brutal noir.\u00a0 Boehm also wrote <em>The Big Heat<\/em> (one of my all-time favorite films).<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Black Tuesday <\/strong><\/em>(1954) rates 5 of 5 stars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z040326zview_blacktues2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"385\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Tuesday (1954) Director: Hugo Fregonese Screenplay: Sydney Boehm Stars: Edward G. 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