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title: 'Portland Exposé (1957)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Harold D. Schuster'
released: '1957-01-01'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/portland-expose-1957'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124076/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Portland Exposé (1957)

1957 · United States


## Synopsis

Portland Exposé is a 1957 American film noir directed by Harold Schuster and starring Edward Binns and Carolyn Craig. The plot follows a tavern owner in Portland, Oregon who is involved in a struggle for power between two gangs attempting to control the unions. The film was inspired by crime boss Jim Elkins and the McClellan Committee's investigation into Portland's underground criminal ventures in the 1940s and 1950s, which were the subject of an extensive article published in Life magazine in March 1957.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Harold D. Schuster](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-d-schuster)
- **Screenplay:** [Jack DeWitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-dewitt)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Paul Dunlap](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-dunlap)
- **Producer:** [Lindsley Parsons](https://cinepixo.com/people/lindsley-parsons)
- **Director of Photography:** [Carl Berger](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-berger)

## Cast

- [Edward Binns](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-binns)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/portland-expose-1957
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