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Big Town (1932)

Big Town poster
Directed by
Arthur Hoerl
Genre
drama, crime
Country
United States
Runtime
57 min
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man moves to the big city and gets caught up in the world of organized crime. He must navigate dangerous situations and corrupt characters to survive.

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What happens

Big Town is a 1932 American crime film directed by Arthur Hoerl and starring Lester Vail, Frances Dade and John Miltern. It was made by Hoerl's own Trojan Pictures in New York City along with another film The Shadow Laughs. A second feature, it was distributed in Britain by Universal Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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