The Phenix City Story
| The Phenix City Story | |
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| 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 |
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| Distributed by | Allied Artists Pictures |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $350,000 |
| Box office | $2.2 million (US) |
The Phenix City Story is a 1955 American crime film noir directed by Phil Karlson for Allied Artists, written by Daniel Mainwaring and Crane Wilbur and starring John McIntire, Richard Kiley, and Kathryn Grant. It dramatizes the 1954 assassination of attorney and politician Albert Patterson in Phenix City, Alabama, and the subsequent declaration of martial law.
The film had a triple premiere held on July 19, 1955 in Phenix City, Alabama, Columbus, Georgia, and Chicago, Illinois. It was a critical and commercial success, and has come to be regarded as one of the classics of the film noir genre. In 2019, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".