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Big Town Czar
Big Town Czar
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Big Town Czar

1939
1h 6m
Mystery

Status

Released

Release

1939

Runtime

1h 6m

Storyline

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

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 6m
May 3, 1939
Director
Arthur Lubin
Arthur Lubin
Production
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

35 Cast Members

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

Morgan

James Flavin

James Flavin

George Mitchell

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

Stooge

Jerry Marlowe

Jerry Marlowe

Nick

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