Mug Town (1942)
Overview
Steve Bell, Tommy, Pig, Ape, and String are run of town. Steve, while hopping a freight card and trying to avoid the brakeman, is killed. The boys meet Steve's mother, Alice Bell and Tommy is given a job in the storage garage which she owns jointly with Mack Steward. Steve's brother Don Bell is working with some gangsters by tipping them off on valuable merchandise that can be hijacked. Pig, Ape and String overhear Don's plans to use Tommy as the fall guy in the next hijacking.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.2209 |
Directed By
Ray Taylor
Crew
Russell A. Gausman
Edward R. Robinson
Ray Taylor
Harold Tarshis
Henry Sucher
Lewis Amster
Paul Neal
Edward Curtiss
Brenda Weisberg
Charles S. Gould
Harold H. MacArthur
Hans J. Salter
Vera West
Eddie Parker
Charles Grayson
Ken Goldsmith
Jack Otterson
Bernard B. Brown
Hans J. Salter
Frank Skinner
Jack MacKenzie
TOP CAST
Billy Halop
Tommy Davis
Huntz Hall
Pig
Grace McDonald
Norene Steward
Bernard Punsly
Ape
Gabriel Dell
String
Edward Norris
Clinker
Virginia Brissac
Mrs. Bell
Tommy Kelly
Steve
Dick Hogan
Don Bell
Jed Prouty
Mack Steward
Murray Alper
Shorty
Paul Fix
Marco
Ernie Adams
Thief
John Bagni
Detective #2
Danny Beck
Man in Flophouse
Clara Blore
Hatchet-faced Woman
Ralph Dunn
Cop
Evelyn Cook
Girl
Paul Dubov
Waiter
William Forrest
District Attorney
June Gittelson
Matilda
William Gould
Detective #1
William Hall
Bouncer
Sid Melton
Waiter
Eddie Parker
Motorcycle Cop
Syd Saylor
Drunk
Dan Seymour
Chef
John Sheehan
Manager
Napoleon Simpson
Singer
Harry Tenbrook
Railroad Bull
Johnny Walsh
Crap Shooter
Lee 'Lasses' White
Pirkle
Matt Willis
Bouncer
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