Big Town

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Big Town

"Now see the radio show that thrilled millions!"

1946

1h 0m

4.8(5 votes)

Crime

Drama

Overview

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

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32 members

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Phillip Reed

Steve Wilson

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Hillary Brooke

Lorelei Kilbourne

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Robert Lowery

Pete Ryan

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Veda Ann Borg

Vivian LeRoy

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Byron Barr

Vance Crane

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Charles Arnt

Amos Peabody

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Nana Bryant

Mrs. Crane

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Roy Gordon

Editor Post

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Eddie Parks

Gerald Meeker, theater cashier

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Nella Walker

Mrs. Johannsen, victim's mother

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Thomas E. Jackson

Police Chief Berkley

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Fred Aldrich

Cop (uncredited)

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Nora Cecil

Miss Lovelace (uncredited)

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Wheaton Chambers

Witness (uncredited)

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Harry Cheshire

Police Chief Masters (uncredited)

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Frank Fenton

Fletcher (uncredited)

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Blake Edwards

Nixon-Reporter (uncredited)

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Keith Richards

Man in Bar (uncredited)

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Will Wright

Station Agent (uncredited)

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Leander De Cordova

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

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John Dehner

Willard Erskine (uncredited)

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Ralph Dunn

Mac- Policeman (uncredited)

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Ben Erway

Harris (uncredited)

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Sam Flint

Newsman (uncredited)

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Sol Gorss

Roustabout (uncredited)

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Donald Kerr

Reporter (uncredited)

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Nolan Leary

Train Conductor (uncredited)

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Richard Lydon

Boy (uncredited)

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Rose Plumer

Nurse (uncredited)

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Frank J. Scannell

Carnival Barker (uncredited)

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Jack Shea

Cop (uncredited)

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Emmett Vogan

Bartender Joe (uncredited)

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