Ex-cop Vic Barron crossed the wrong mobsters; his wife and child were killed and he was scarred, framed, and imprisoned. On release, Vic has but one desire, revenge on still-hiding Tino Morelli.
Direction
Stevens directs himself with masochistic glee.
Cinematography
Alaska locations: bleak poetry on a Poverty Row budget.
Acting
Mark Stevens' thousand-yard stare earns its keep.
Director
Mark Stevens
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cry Vengeance arrived as Hollywood's post-war masculinity crisis peaked—scarred vets returning to find corruption, not glory.
Mark Stevens financed this himself after studio battles; the Alaskan locations were genuine Ketchikan streets, not backlot dreams.
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