I Mobster

I Mobster (originally released in the UK as The Mobster) is a 1958 film noir crime-drama film directed by Roger Corman. The film features a cameo of famous burlesque star Lili St. Cyr. Plot Joe Sante is a small time crook, who works as a bookie's runner and small time drug pusher. Through ruthlessness and hard work, he begins to climb the ranks of organized crime until he becomes one of the main crime czars in his city. Eventually, he is betrayed and killed by his criminal cohorts who desire his wealth and power. Joe's first important job is running narcotics to individual customers at their homes. When "The Blonde" wants to pay for her dope with something "other then cash" Joe refuses because he has his eyes on a neighborhood girl, Teresa Porter, who is more his speed. Even as he grows in power, he turns up his nose at the "party girls" that attend Syndicate shindigs. Joe eventually gets one year in jail for drug dealing, first offense. When he is released, Syndicate men meet him at the prison gate. They are impressed by his silence behind bars, and offer him a key spot if he will prove his loyalty by carrying out a murder contract. During a "Welcome Home Party" thrown him by his Mother, Joe slips out long enough to kill his assignment and return. But Teresa's younger brother Ernie has suspicions about what really happened.