Wagons Roll at Night, The theo chalmers comely dark-haired gal

comely dark-haired gal

The predominantly African-American community of South Central Los Angeles carries the burdens of crime

whose "Little Caesar" broke new ground for the genre a year before

and the cops are sure they've got the perp: a ghetto kid named Donald Lang

Wagons Roll at Night, The theo chalmers comely dark-haired galThe tents are leaky. The troupers are weary. The carnival limps into town and sets up for another show. To the public, the carnival means exciting performers. To Nick Coster, those performers are "mugs and grifters and riffraff all under one tent." Nick should know. He puts the show together. Humphrey Bogart plays Nick, bringing crisp authority to a movie whose midway atmosphere is so alive you can almost taste the caramel corn. Sylvia Sidney, Eddie