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The Boss

1956, Movie, NR, 88 mins

The Boss: Review

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The rise and fall of a powerful political boss and the corroding influence of the mob on government are brutally portrayed in this honest, hard-hitting drama which sees perennial B-rated actor Payne in one of his finest portrayals. Soldier Payne, made hard and ambitious by battle, returns from WW I to the middle-class city where his brother is boss. He gets drunk and stands up his girl friend, who then gives him the thumb. To get even, he grabs a stranger in a bar and convinces her to marry him. When the boss finds out about the misalliance, they fight, and the brother dies of a heart attack. Payne then takes over as boss. The machine he builds is more powerful than the brother's, and soon, with the help of wartime buddy lawyer Bishop, he virtually controls the state. His arrogance and brutal methods bring on calls for reform which lead nowhere until his ties with the mob in the rackets bring about his downfall and he is jailed for income tax evasion. In this role Payne, who had adjusted to the hardening of his boyish facial features by switching to western and action pictures in the 1950s, registers most impressively in the later parts when he begins to age. As boss, he gets admirable assistance from Bishop, who is finally responsible for his conviction. McGhee wins raves as the wife he marries while drunk, and Avedon is good in her brief appearance as the angry fiancee. leave a comment
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