Big Town Czar
5.4
“DICTATOR... Of The Sinister Empire Behind The Big City's Bright Lights!”
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.
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Cast
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Barton MacLane
Phil Daley
Known for
I Dream of Jeannie
The Maltese Falcon
Tom Brown
Danny Daley
Also in
Judge Priest
Mr. Lucky
Arthur Lubin
Edmund L. Hartmann
Ken Goldsmith
Edmund L. Hartmann
Eve Arden
Susan Warren
Known for
Grease
Anatomy of a Murder
Jack La Rue
Mike Luger
Known for
A Farewell to Arms
Captains Courageous
Frank Jenks
Sid Travers
Known for
His Girl Friday
Woman on the Run
Walter Woolf King
Paul Burgess
Known for
A Night at the Opera
Swiss Miss
Oscar O'Shea
Pa Daley
Known for
Captains Courageous
Of Mice and Men
Esther Dale
Ma Daley
Known for
The Awful Truth
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Arthur Lubin Director · Edmund L. Hartmann Writer Ed Sullivan Story
United States release May 3, 1939 · Produced in United States
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Distribution
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Release dates
United States · May 3, 1939
Theatrical
United States
January 1, 1960 · TV · as Fighting the Racketeers
Mexico
February 3, 1940
Portugal
October 22, 1941
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