殺手蒔蘿 (1947)

八月 2, 1947, 最大中號. King Productions released 殺手蒔蘿 (1947), 職業摔角手麥克馬祖基飾演「小喬」的犯罪電影, 在幫派爭鬥中扮演雙方角色的追隨者.

史都華歐文飾演強尼「殺手」迪爾, 內衣設計師和銷售員, 人們誤以為誰是黑幫. 不小心捲入一場幫派戰爭後, his friend and lawyer William T. Allen defends Dill against murder charges.

麥克馬祖基裂臉迪克特雷西 1945

Mike Mazurki playing Splitface in Dick Tracy (1945) (公共領域)

Frank Albertson plays Allen. With friends like Allen, Dill does not need enemies. Besides owing Dill money going back to elementary school, Allen actively tries to steal Dill’s love interest Judy Parker. Anne Gwynne plays Parker.

The seemingly slow-witted “Little Joe” is the culprit. In a plot twist that mirrored real life, “Little Joe” is manipulating both sides to obtain pay offs from the rival gangsters and brothers running a funeral home. The brothers pay “Little Joe” for the increased business the garish gangland funerals bring. Because of his large size, everyone assumes Mazurki is stupid.

Mike Mazurki was a lawyer by training but producers and directors type cast Mazurki into the role of the big, dumb thug after Mazurki played “Moose” Malloy in Murder, My Sweet (1944).

Mazurki wrestled professionally from 1931 至 1963 because Mazurki could make much more money wrestling professionally than practicing law. While Mazurki was serving as a bodyguard to Mae West, Josef von Sternberg discovered Mazurki and gave him a small role in one of his films.

Before his career was over, Mazurki played in one hundred seventy-four productions. Mazurki, who played “Splitface” in 迪克Tracy, 偵探 (1945), had a cameo in 迪克Tracy (1990). Mazurki died in December 1990 at eighty-two years old.

殺手蒔蘿 runs seventy-two minutes. It is an entertaining “B” film of that era. Wrestling fans may enjoy watching it for Mike Mazurki’s performance.

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