Big Town (1946)
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Genre : Crime, Drama
Runtime : 1H 0M
Director : William C. Thomas
Writer : Daniel Mainwaring, Maxwell Shane
Synopsis
A newspaper editor goes on an anti-crime crusade, but gets carried away.
Chicago cop Johnny Kelly, dissatisfied with his job and marriage, would like to run away with his stripper girlfriend Angel Face, but keeps getting cold feet. During one crowded night, Angel Face decides she's had enough vacillation, and crooked lawyer Biddel has an illegal mission for Johnny that could put him in a financial position to act. But other, conflicting schemes are also in progress...
Young female models are being strangled. Will law enforcement be able to stop the crime wave before more women become victims?
A Florida real estate developer and her captain lure investors to a property in the Everglades called Dreamland Shores, under false pretenses that the swampland will soon be developed. After the group arrives on a small island, they find it has been overrun by giant mutated ants, brought on by the dumping of toxic waste in the area.
In a series of flashbacks, shows that attorney John Morland has given a lift to a hitchhiker who turns out to be a murderer. As a result, Morland himself is implicated in a killing. A pair of detectives discover that Morland has been having business problems and no end of difficulties with his wife Catherine. The trail of clues leads to a surprising revelation.
An ex-prize fighter -- now reporter -- tries to expose a gambling ring after an uneven bout in the ring kills a pugilist.
A gambling boss is pressured by the law and press when a crusade is started against him after one of his collectors becomes a killer.
A private detective and his assistant are hired to find a missing husband. The seemingly easy case is complicated by a dead body.
A man looking for his fortune in a mine decides to tempt his partner with his much younger wife. The goal? To catch them "in the act" and kill him without consequence.
A group prison breakout goes from bad to worse when the desperate warden tries to steal the gang's dough.
An American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening days of WWII. After a shrapnel wound and loss of her baby she returns to America. War weary, he is forced to do a story about war orphans, where he meets Margaret.
An ex-cop is suspected of murder after he is found with a dead woman. The private detective is on the run -- attempting to prove his innocence.
A private detective is hired to find a young heiress but finds himself accused of murder.
A deranged artist who may have murdered his wife is investigated by the Whistler.
A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.
Ma and Pa are trying to raise enough money at the county fair to send their daughter Rosie to college. Ma competes in baking and Pa enters a trotter in a horse race, while Rosie takes up with handsome young Marvin Johnson.
The life of American public enemy number one who was shot by the police in 1934.
The pointlessly-named Batwoman and her bevy of Batmaidens fight evil and dance.
An astronaut and crew land on Jupiter's 13th moon and find a monster and women from Atlantis.
Ignored by his alcoholic parents, Jimmy Wilson starts hanging around with some shady characters. After falling in love with a lounge singer, Jimmy tries to impress her by doing jobs for her shady boss. After one of these jobs goes bad, Jimmy ends up on the run. Eventually, he must confront the truth, his past, and his parents. The judge cites parental neglect in the case of a teenager (John Miljan) charged with murder.
Kronos, hero of a distant galaxy, tangles with mad scientist Gulik over the fate of mankind.