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Big Town (1947)

Big Town poster
Directed by
William C. Thomas
Genre
crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rated
NR
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A newspaper editor investigates a crime in a big city. He works with a reporter to uncover the truth.

noirtensesuspensefulgrittyfast-paceddramaticold-fashioned

What happens

Big Town is a 1947 American crime film directed by William C. Thomas and written by Daniel Mainwaring and Maxwell Shane. The film stars Phillip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Robert Lowery, Veda Ann Borg, Byron Barr and Charles Arnt. The first in a series of four films based on the long-running radio program Big Town, it was released on May 23, 1947, by Paramount Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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