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Big Town After Dark (1947)

Big Town After Dark poster
Directed by
William C. Thomas
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 09m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A newspaper editor and his reporter girlfriend investigate crime in a big city. They face danger from gangsters while trying to expose corruption.

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What happens

Big Town After Dark is a 1947 American crime drama film directed by William C. Thomas and written by Whitman Chambers. The film stars Phillip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Richard Travis, Ann Gillis, Vince Barnett, Joe Sawyer and Robert Kent. It was released on December 12, 1947, by Paramount Pictures.The film was the third in a series of four films based on the long-running radio program Big Town. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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