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Also Known As Philip N. Karlstein
Born July 2, 1908 • Chicago • Illinois
Died December 12, 1985 (aged 77) • Los Angeles • California
Notable Works “99 River Street” • “Framed” • “Gunman’s Walk” • “Hell to Eternity” • “Kansas City Confidential” • “Kid Galahad” • “Rampage” • “Scandal Sheet” • “Secret Ways, The” • “The Brothers Rico” • “The Phenix City Story” • “The Silencers” • “The Young Doctors” • “Tight Spot” • “Walking Tall”

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