Most Similar Movies to A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)
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All the King's Men (1949), All the King's Men (2006), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), Any Number Can Play (1949), The Bigamist (1953), The Sellout (1951), Tread Softly Stranger (1958) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
All the King's Men (1949)
The rise and fall of a corrupt politician, who makes his friends richer and retains power by dint of a populist appeal.
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All the King's Men (2006)
Based on the Robert Penn Warren novel. The life of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a political creature loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana.
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Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.
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Any Number Can Play (1949)
Gambling-house owner finds himself estranged from his wife and son.
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The Bigamist (1953)
A man secretly married to two women feels the pressure of his deceit.
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The Sellout (1951)
During the 1950s, a small-town newspaper editor and a state assistant attorney-general fight corrupt local officials from one rotten county.
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Tread Softly Stranger (1958)
An irresistible temptress causes trouble between two brothers when the more handsome charismatic ones turns up, leading to robbery and death.
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Thirst (1957)
Vijay (Guru Dutt) writes unpopular poems about the destitute and poor. Ridiculed by his brothers and scorned by publishers, Vijay finds encouragement in a sweet prostitute, Gulabo (Waheeda Rehman). When a homeless man wearing a coat Vijay gave him is killed, Gulabo convinces a publisher to print his poems, believing Vijay to be dead. The poems are wildly popular, thanks to the myth conjured around Vijay's supposed death. When he reappears, he finds that few friends can be trusted.
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Scandal Sheet (1952)
When a New York tabloid editor (Broderick Crawford) accidentally kills his wife, his best reporters (Donna Reed, John Derek) figure it out.
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Internal Affairs (1990)
An Internal Affairs agent becomes obsessed with bringing down a cop who has managed to maintain a spotless reputation despite being involved in a web of corruption.
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The Hoodlum (1951)
Paroled sociopath and career criminal Vincent Lubeck betrays his family's trust when he masterminds a complex armored car robbery.
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To Please a Lady (1950)
A former war hero and midget car racer meets his match in a feisty reporter who blames his reckless tactics for an accidental racing death.
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The Walker (2007)
An escort who caters to Washington, D.C.'s society ladies becomes involved in a murder case.
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People I Know (2002)
A New York press agent must scramble when his major client becomes embroiled in a huge scandal.
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Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
Racial tension flares up among an ex-cop, a bigot and a black entertainer who band together to rob a bank.
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Kitten With a Whip (1964)
A rising political star faces scandal and blackmail when the young woman he tries to help turns out to be a juvenile delinquent.
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L.A. Confidential (1997)
As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen -- one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy -- investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.
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