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
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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

Jean Seberg
Barbara Holloway

Ricardo Montalban
Louie Ramponi

Ella Fitzgerald
Flora

Rodolfo Acosta
Max

Philip Ober
Grant Holloway

Jeanne Cooper
Fran

Bernie Hamilton
Goodbye George

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)

Theresa Testa
Townswoman (uncredited)

Tony Urchel
Man (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel
Startled Motorist (uncredited)

Guy Way
Night Court Bailiff (uncredited)

Philip Leacock
Director

Robert Presnell Jr.
Screenplay

Willard Motley
Novel

George Duning
Original Music Composer

Helen Hunt
Hairstylist

Ben Lane
Makeup Supervisor

Rhoda Donaldson
Hairdresser

Ray Sebastian
Makeup Artist

Burnett Guffey
Director of Photography

Chester W. Schaeffer
Editor

Robert Peterson
Art Direction

Armor E. Goetten
Set Decoration

Frances McDowell
Script Supervisor

Boris Kaplan
Producer

Sam Nelson
Assistant Director

Charles J. Rice
Sound Recordist

J.S. Westmoreland
Sound

Arthur Morton
Orchestrator
Media.

Details.
This Movie Is About.
chicago
heroin
sequel
playing piano
self sacrifice
drug addiction
junkie
drug pusher
single mother
street fight
street kid
poor kid
1950s
southside
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.
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