The Phenix City Story

The Phenix City Story
The Phenix City Story
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Phil Karlson
Screenplay by	Daniel Mainwaring; Crane Wilbur
Produced by	Samuel Bischoff; David Diamond
Starring	John McIntire; Richard Kiley; Kathryn Grant; Edward Andrews; Meg Myles; James Edwards
Cinematography	Harry Neumann
Edited by	George White
Music by	Harry Sukman
Production; company	Allied Artists Pictures
Distributed by	Allied Artists Pictures
Release date	August 14, 1955 (United States);
Running time	100 minutes (87 minutes without preface)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$350,000
Box office	$2.2 million (US)

The Phenix City Story is a 1955 American film noir crime film directed by Phil Karlson for Allied Artists, written by Daniel Mainwaring and Crane Wilbur and starring John McIntire, Richard Kiley, and Kathryn Grant.^[3] It had a triple premiere held on July 19, 1955 in Phenix City, Alabama, Columbus, Georgia, and Chicago, Illinois.^[4]

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^ "The Phenix City Story". TCM.
^ Berns, Samuel D. (July 11, 1955). "Hollywood on the march". Motion Picture Daily. Vol. 78, no. 6. Quigley Publishing Company. p. 4.