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Big Town (1946) - Movie Browser

60 minutes of pure 1946 B-movie chaos — microfilm, molls, and moral panic!

pulp noirnewshroom hustlelow-budget swagger

Overview

A newspaper editor goes on an anti-crime crusade, but gets carried away.

Content warning

b movie newspaper man

media ethicsvigilante justicepublic trustcorruption

Standout Aspects

Acting

Hillary Brooke outshines everyone as the skeptical society columnist.

Production

Radio-to-film adaptation with deliciously cheap sets.

Best for:Solo·Background

Director

William C. Thomas

ReleasedAug 23, 1946

Runtime1h

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feellight

Pine-Thomas Productions

Top Cast

Phillip Reed

Steve Wilson

Hillary Brooke

Lorelei Kilbourne

Robert Lowery

Pete Ryan

Veda Ann Borg

Vivian LeRoy

Byron Barr

Vance Crane

Charles Arnt

Amos Peabody

Nana Bryant

Mrs. Crane

Roy Gordon

Editor Post

Eddie Parks

Gerald Meeker, theater cashier

Nella Walker

Mrs. Johannsen, victim's mother

Thomas E. Jackson

Police Chief Berkley

Fred Aldrich

Cop (uncredited)

Nora Cecil

Miss Lovelace (uncredited)

Wheaton Chambers

Witness (uncredited)

Harry Cheshire

Police Chief Masters (uncredited)

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1946

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