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Big Town Czar
“DICTATOR... Of The Sinister Empire Behind The Big City's Bright Lights!”
7.0 / 10• 1939• 1h 6m•NR• English
Mystery
Storyline
When gangster Phil Daley gets rid of his chief Paul Burgess he has everything that money can buy, except the respect of his parents and his sweetheart Susan Warren. His younger brother Danny quits college and forces Phil to make him part of the gang. The overly-ambitious Danny fixes a prize-fight on which rival gang-leader Mike Luger loses heavily and, thinking that Phil has double-crossed him, sends gunmen out to kill Phil. They kill Danny instead and the frightened Phil flees to a country hideout. His chief lieutenant, Sid Travis, sets a trap for Phil when he returns.
Cast & Crew
Barton MacLane
Phil Daley
Lead
Tom Brown
Danny Daley
Eve Arden
Susan Warren
Jack La Rue
Mike Luger
Frank Jenks
Sid Travers
Walter Woolf King
Paul Burgess
Oscar O'Shea
Pa Daley
Esther Dale
Ma Daley
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Arthur Lubin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Big Town Czar is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
