Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)
1h 45m
Running Time
November 10, 1960Release Date
Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)
1h 45m
Running Time
November 10, 1960Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Nick Romano lives in a poor tenement building on the south side of Chicago with his well-meaning but drug-addicted mother, Nellie. She encourages him to pursue his piano-playing talent in hopes that it will bring him a better life. Nellie's neighbors, like the alcoholic ex-lawyer who secretly loves her, help her in keeping Nick away from Louie, the resident drug dealer. But a chance meeting between Nick and Louie could change things forever.
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Cast & Crew.
Burl Ives
Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan
Shelley Winters
Nellie Romano
James Darren
Nick Romano
Ricardo Montalban
Louie Ramponi
Jean Seberg
Barbara Holloway
Philip Leacock
Director
Ella Fitzgerald
Flora
Robert Presnell Jr.
Writer
Rodolfo Acosta
Max
Willard Motley
Writer
Philip Ober
Grant Holloway
Boris Kaplan
Producer
Jeanne Cooper
Fran
George Duning
Composer
Bernie Hamilton
Goodbye George
Burnett Guffey
Cinematographer
Walter Burke
Wart
Francis De Sales
Night Court Magistrate
Michael Davis
Nick Romano - as a Child
John Barton
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Oscar Blank
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Phil Bloom
Man in Shelter (uncredited)
Nesdon Booth
Mike the Saloon Owner (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
Salesman at Florist Shop (uncredited)
Jack Bryan
Wally (uncredited)
Malcolm Cassell
Boy (uncredited)
Carmen D'Antonio
Exotic Dancer (uncredited)
Ted Fish
Man (uncredited)
Jamie Forster
Man (uncredited)
Joey Fricano
Barney (uncredited)
Joseph Gallison
Lee (uncredited)
Dick Gering
Boy (uncredited)
Percy Helton
Baldy (uncredited)
Roy Jenson
Whitey (uncredited)
Jack Kenney
Shabby Man (uncredited)
Lenny Kent
Proprietor (uncredited)
Tom London
Bum at Bar (uncredited)
Dal McKennon
Court Clerk (uncredited)
David McMahon
Barney the Bartender (uncredited)
Mike Morelli
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Danny Mummert
Eddie (uncredited)
Sol Murgi
Night Court Bailiff (uncredited)
George Nardelli
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Semple
Man (uncredited)
Al Silvani
Man (uncredited)
Marjorie Stapp
Ruthie (uncredited)
Jack Stoney
Man in Saloon (uncredited)
Frank Sully
Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
Details.
Wiki.
Let No Man Write My Epitaph is a 1960 American neo noir crime film about the son of an executed criminal who aspires to escape his impoverished, crime-ridden neighborhood with the help of his mother and a group of concerned neighbors. The film was directed by Philip Leacock, and stars Burl Ives, Shelley Winters, James Darren, Jean Seberg, Ricardo Montalbán and Ella Fitzgerald.
The film was based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Willard Motley, and is a sequel to the 1949 film Knock on Any Door, which was itself based on an earlier Motley novel.