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Big Town

Big Town

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1946•1h 0m•4.8/10
CrimeDrama

Ratings

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4.8/10(5)

A newspaper editor goes on an anti-crime crusade, but gets carried away.

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Production

Pine-Thomas Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Phillip Reed

Phillip Reed

Steve Wilson

Hillary Brooke

Hillary Brooke

Lorelei Kilbourne

Robert Lowery

Robert Lowery

Pete Ryan

Veda Ann Borg

Veda Ann Borg

Vivian LeRoy

Byron Barr

Byron Barr

Vance Crane

Charles Arnt

Charles Arnt

Amos Peabody

Nana Bryant

Nana Bryant

Mrs. Crane

Roy Gordon

Roy Gordon

Editor Post

Eddie Parks

Eddie Parks

Gerald Meeker, theater cashier

Nella Walker

Nella Walker

Mrs. Johannsen, victim's mother

Thomas E. Jackson

Thomas E. Jackson

Police Chief Berkley

Fred Aldrich

Fred Aldrich

Cop (uncredited)

Nora Cecil

Nora Cecil

Miss Lovelace (uncredited)

Wheaton Chambers

Wheaton Chambers

Witness (uncredited)

Harry Cheshire

Harry Cheshire

Police Chief Masters (uncredited)

Frank Fenton

Frank Fenton

Fletcher (uncredited)

Blake Edwards

Blake Edwards

Nixon-Reporter (uncredited)

Keith Richards

Keith Richards

Man in Bar (uncredited)

Will Wright

Will Wright

Station Agent (uncredited)

Leander De Cordova

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

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