Big Town (1932 film)

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Big Town
Directed by Arthur Hoerl
Written byArthur Hoerl
Produced byArthur Hoerl
Starring Lester Vail
Frances Dade
John Miltern
Cinematography Nick Rogalli
Edited by Jack Miner
Production
company
Trojan Pictures
Distributed byTrojan Pictures
Release date
  • December 20, 1932 (1932-12-20)
Running time
57 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Big Town is a 1932 American crime film directed by Arthur Hoerl and starring Lester Vail, Frances Dade and John Miltern. [1] [2] It was made by Hoerl's own Trojan Pictures in New York City along with another film The Shadow Laughs . [3] A second feature, it was distributed in Britain by Universal Pictures.

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Plot

A hard-drinking newspaper reporter plans to pay criminal for information about the mob, but finds the man murdered when he gets to the rendezvous.

Cast

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References

  1. D'Ambrosio p.21
  2. Langman & Finn p.23
  3. Koszarski p.302

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