- HD 1080
- Runtime: 98m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Joseph Kane
- Stars: Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor, Forrest Tucker, Vera Ralston, Luther Adler
- keywords: film noir, mafia, testify
- Production_studio: Republic Pictures
- Slogan: "Nicky -- you think your bigger than the whole world."
- The Hoodlum Empire is featured in the top rankings of 1952
- #17 in Top Crime Movies of 1952
It's a deadly play for power when a Mafia chieftain's top gun goes straight and threatens to testify against the big boss and his cruel, nationwide network of crime. The picture, which was shot in a semi-documentary style, was inspired by the Kefauver investigations of 1950-51.