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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.2737 |
Directed By
Arthur Lubin
TOP CAST
Barton MacLane
Phil Daley
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
Horace McMahon
Punchy
Ed Sullivan
Narrator / Newspaper Columnist
Irving Bacon
Real Estate Man
Heinie Conklin
Thompson
Clyde Dilson
Morgan
James Flavin
George Mitchell
Jennifer Gray
Telephone Operator
Eddie Hall
Taxi Cab Driver
Gordon Jones
Chuck Hardy
Donald Kirke
Bit Role
Jimmie Lucas
Stooge
Jerry Marlowe
Nick
LeRoy Mason
Poker Game Robber
Frank Melton
Hotel Clerk
Charles R. Moore
Ray
Miki Morita
Butler
Raymond Parker
Student
Buster Phelps
Boy
Oscar Polk
Arthur, Harlem Numbers Man
Cully Richards
Herman
Frances Robinson
Florist Shop Employee
Don Rowan
Stranger
Tom Rutherford
Red
John Sheehan
Ray Norman
Martin Turner
Mickey
Carleton Young
Thompson, Luger Henchman
Walter Young
Lawyer
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