Johnny Allegro

Johnny Allegro
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTed Tetzlaff
Screenplay byGuy Endore
Karen DeWolf
Story byJames Edward Grant
Produced byIrving Starr
StarringGeorge Raft
Nina Foch
George Macready
CinematographyJoseph F. Biroc
Edited byJerome Thoms
Music byGeorge Duning
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • May 26, 1949 (1949-05-26)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Johnny Allegro is a 1949 American film noir directed by Ted Tetzlaff and starring George Raft. An ex-gangster (Raft), temporarily working as a federal agent, runs afoul of a counterfeiting crime lord (Macready) who enjoys hunting.[1] It was one of several thrillers Raft made in the late 1940s.[2]

  1. ^ Everett Aaker. The Films of George Raft, McFarland & Company, 2013, pg 138.
  2. ^ Vagg, Stephen (February 9, 2020). "Why Stars Stop Being Stars: George Raft". Filmink.