Movie Description
Big Town Czar
(1939)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Arthur Lubin
- Writer : Edmund L. Hartmann
- Cast : Barton MacLane,Tom Brown,Eve Arden,Jack La Rue,Frank Jenks,Walter Woolf King,Oscar O'Shea,Esther Dale,Horace McMahon,Ed Sullivan,Irving Bacon,Heinie Conklin,Clyde Dilson,James Flavin,Jennifer Gray,Eddie Hall,Gordon Jones,Donald Kirke,Jimmie Lucas,Jerry Marlowe,LeRoy Mason,Frank Melton,Charles R. Moore,Miki Morita,Raymond Parker,Buster Phelps,Oscar Polk,Cully Richards,Frances Robinson,Don Rowan,Tom Rutherford,John Sheehan,Martin Turner,Carleton Young,Walter Young
Cast
Phil Daley
Danny Daley
Susan Warren
Mike Luger
Sid Travers
Paul Burgess
Pa Daley
Ma Daley
Punchy
Narrator / Newspaper Columnist
Real Estate Man
Thompson
Morgan
George Mitchell
Telephone Operator
Taxi Cab Driver
Chuck Hardy
Bit Role
Stooge
Nick
Poker Game Robber
Hotel Clerk
Ray
Butler
Student
Boy
Arthur, Harlem Numbers Man
Herman
Florist Shop Employee
Stranger
Red
Ray Norman
Mickey
Thompson, Luger Henchman
Lawyer
Posters
Facts
Original TitleBig Town Czar
Status Released
Release Information
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1939-05-03
Original Language
Runtime 01h 06m
Production CompaniesUniversal Pictures
Genres
- Mystery
