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Big Town Scandal (1948)

It's Bullets vs. Basketball... as Steve Wilson Fights a Juvenile Crime Wave!

5.3(7)1h 0mMay 27, 1948

William C. Thomas

Director

Milton Raison

Writer

Rate

Diary

Overview

A crusading editor and his star reporter aid underprivileged youths and crack down on racketeers out to fix basketball.

Cast

Phillip Reed

Steve Wilson

Hillary Brooke

Lorelei Kilbourne

Stanley Clements

Tommy Malone

Darryl Hickman

Harold 'Skinny' Peters

Big Town Scandal · Cinemalant

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Carl Switzer

Frankie Snead

Roland Dupree

John 'Pinky' Jones

Tommy Bond

Waldo 'Dum Dum' Riggs

Vince Barnett

Louie Snead

Charles Arnt

Amos Peabody

Joseph Allen

Wally Blake

Donna Martell

Marion Harrison

John Phillips

Joe Moreley

Fred Aldrich

Policeman (uncredited)

Lane Chandler

Irate Store Owner (uncredited)

Lester Dorr

Man Passing Steve in Hallway (uncredited)

Edward Earle

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Status: Released
Original language: English
Release date: May 27, 1948
Production: Paramount Pictures, Pine-Thomas Productions
Country: United States of America

Keywords

gamblinggang leaderreporterjuvenile delinquenthenchmannewspaper reporterbig town series

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