Big Town Scandal

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Big Town Scandal

"It's Bullets vs. Basketball... as Steve Wilson Fights a Juvenile Crime Wave!"

1948

1h 0m

5.0(6 votes)

Crime

Drama

Overview

A crusading editor and his star reporter aid underprivileged youths and crack down on racketeers out to fix basketball.

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29 members

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Phillip Reed

Steve Wilson

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Hillary Brooke

Lorelei Kilbourne

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Stanley Clements

Tommy Malone

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Darryl Hickman

Harold 'Skinny' Peters

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Carl Switzer

Frankie Snead

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Roland Dupree

John 'Pinky' Jones

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Tommy Bond

Waldo 'Dum Dum' Riggs

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Vince Barnett

Louie Snead

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Charles Arnt

Amos Peabody

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Joseph Allen

Wally Blake

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Donna Martell

Marion Harrison

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John Phillips

Joe Moreley

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Reginald Billado

Cato

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Fred Aldrich

Policeman (uncredited)

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Sam Balter

Basketball Game Announcer (uncredited)

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Lane Chandler

Irate Store Owner (uncredited)

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Lester Dorr

Man Passing Steve in Hallway (uncredited)

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Edward Earle

Court Clerk (uncredited)

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Franklyn Farnum

Squad Car Policeman (uncredited)

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Mary Gordon

Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)

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Don C. Harvey

Police Lt. Peterson (uncredited)

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Thomas E. Jackson

Police Chief (uncredited)

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Richard Keene

Jimmy O'Brien (uncredited)

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Ralph Montgomery

Basketball Crowd Extra (uncredited)

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Grandon Rhodes

Judge Hogan (uncredited)

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Frank J. Scannell

Smiling Charlie Kaye (uncredited)

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Harry Shannon

Police Captain Henry (uncredited)

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Archie Twitchell

Newspaper Man (uncredited)

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Charles C. Wilson

Editor of the Chronicle (uncredited)

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