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The Big City (1928)

The Big City poster
Directed by
Tod Browning
Genre
silent film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man navigates the dark and dangerous streets of a sprawling city. He gets caught up in a world of crime and corruption that threatens to destroy him.

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What happens

The Big City is a 1928 American silent crime film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney. Waldemar Young wrote the screenplay, based on a story by Tod Browning. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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