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Big Town Scandal

Big Town Scandal

It's Bullets vs. Basketball... as Steve Wilson Fights a Juvenile Crime Wave!

Part of Big Town

1948•1h 0m•5.3/10
CrimeDrama

Ratings

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5.3/10(7)

A crusading editor and his star reporter aid underprivileged youths and crack down on racketeers out to fix basketball.

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Production

Paramount Pictures, Pine-Thomas Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Available in Your Library

Cast

Phillip Reed

Phillip Reed

Steve Wilson

Hillary Brooke

Hillary Brooke

Lorelei Kilbourne

Stanley Clements

Stanley Clements

Tommy Malone

Darryl Hickman

Darryl Hickman

Harold 'Skinny' Peters

Carl Switzer

Carl Switzer

Frankie Snead

Roland Dupree

Roland Dupree

John 'Pinky' Jones

Tommy Bond

Tommy Bond

Waldo 'Dum Dum' Riggs

Vince Barnett

Vince Barnett

Louie Snead

Charles Arnt

Charles Arnt

Amos Peabody

Joseph Allen

Joseph Allen

Wally Blake

Donna Martell

Donna Martell

Marion Harrison

John Phillips

John Phillips

Joe Moreley

Reginald Billado

Cato

Fred Aldrich

Fred Aldrich

Policeman (uncredited)

Sam Balter

Basketball Game Announcer (uncredited)

Lane Chandler

Lane Chandler

Irate Store Owner (uncredited)

Lester Dorr

Lester Dorr

Man Passing Steve in Hallway (uncredited)

Edward Earle

Edward Earle

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Franklyn Farnum

Squad Car Policeman (uncredited)

Mary Gordon

Mary Gordon

Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)

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