The Enforcer

Drama, Film Noir

Humphrey Bogart	Dist. Atty. Martin Ferguson
Ted De Corsia	Joseph Rico
Zero Mostel	Big Babe Lazich
King Donovan	Sgt. Whitlow
Patricia Joiner	Teresa Davis/Angela Vetto
Roy Roberts	Capt. Frank Nelson
Everett Sloane	Albert Mendoza
Clint Eastwood	Insp. Harry Callahan
Michael Tolan	James Malloy
Bob Steele	Herman
Adelaide Klein	Olga Kirshen
Don Beddoe	Thomas O'Hara

Director	Raoul Walsh; James Fargo; Bretaigne Windust
Producer	Robert Daley; Milton Sperling
Writer	Dean Riesner; Stirling Silliphant; Martin Rackin

“The Enforcer” details an early examination on film of the mob system of murder for profit. District Attorney Martin Ferguson (Humphrey Bogart) who resembles a tough Thomas Dewey of New York goes after one of the big mob leaders (Everett Sloan) by pulling information out of informers. Key witnesses, like fat Babe (Zero Mostel), come to unfortunate ends from threats and fears. Each member of the mob who squeals reveals a piece of the tale through flashback. The DA and his team must piece together the prosecution each time a key element is removed from them and keep the string going. But by hard-nosed detective work, the DA manages to keep his case in tact and discovers the framework of Murder, Inc., through unglamorous wiretaps and those who rat on their superiors.