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Big Town Czar (1939)

DICTATOR... Of The Sinister Empire Behind The Big City's Bright Lights!

Genre : Mystery

Runtime : 1H 6M

Director : Arthur Lubin

Synopsis

When gangster Phil Daley gets rid of his chief Paul Burgess he has everything that money can buy, except the respect of his parents and his sweetheart Susan Warren. His younger brother Danny quits college and forces Phil to make him part of the gang. The overly-ambitious Danny fixes a prize-fight on which rival gang-leader Mike Luger loses heavily and, thinking that Phil has double-crossed him, sends gunmen out to kill Phil. They kill Danny instead and the frightened Phil flees to a country hideout. His chief lieutenant, Sid Travis, sets a trap for Phil when he returns.

Actors

Barton MacLane
Barton MacLane
Phil Daley
Tom Brown
Tom Brown
Danny Daley
Eve Arden
Eve Arden
Susan Warren
Jack La Rue
Jack La Rue
Mike Luger
Frank Jenks
Frank Jenks
Sid Travers
Walter Woolf King
Walter Woolf King
Paul Burgess
Oscar O'Shea
Oscar O'Shea
Pa Daley
Esther Dale
Esther Dale
Ma Daley
Horace McMahon
Horace McMahon
Punchy
Ed Sullivan
Ed Sullivan
Narrator / Newspaper Columnist
Irving Bacon
Irving Bacon
Real Estate Man
Heinie Conklin
Heinie Conklin
Thompson
Clyde Dilson
Clyde Dilson
Morgan
James Flavin
James Flavin
George Mitchell
Jennifer Gray
Jennifer Gray
Telephone Operator
Eddie Hall
Eddie Hall
Taxi Cab Driver
Gordon Jones
Gordon Jones
Chuck Hardy
Donald Kirke
Donald Kirke
Bit Role
Jimmie Lucas
Jimmie Lucas
Stooge
Jerry Marlowe
Jerry Marlowe
Nick
LeRoy Mason
LeRoy Mason
Poker Game Robber
Frank Melton
Frank Melton
Hotel Clerk
Charles R. Moore
Charles R. Moore
Ray
Miki Morita
Miki Morita
Butler
Raymond Parker
Raymond Parker
Student
Buster Phelps
Buster Phelps
Boy
Oscar Polk
Oscar Polk
Arthur, Harlem Numbers Man
Cully Richards
Cully Richards
Herman
Frances Robinson
Frances Robinson
Florist Shop Employee
Don Rowan
Don Rowan
Stranger
Tom Rutherford
Tom Rutherford
Red
John Sheehan
John Sheehan
Ray Norman
Martin Turner
Martin Turner
Mickey
Carleton Young
Carleton Young
Thompson, Luger Henchman
Walter Young
Walter Young
Lawyer

Crews

Arthur Lubin
Arthur Lubin
Director
Edmund L. Hartmann
Edmund L. Hartmann
Writer
Ed Sullivan
Ed Sullivan
Story

Posters and backgrounds

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