Mug Town (1942)
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.
Director:
Ray Taylor
Writers:
Lewis Amster, Brenda Weisberg, Harold Tarshis, Henry Sucher.
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Billy Halop as Tommy Davis |
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Huntz Hall as Pig |
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Grace McDonald as Norene Steward |
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Bernard Punsly as Ape |
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Gabriel Dell as String |
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Edward Norris as Clinker |
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Virginia Brissac as Mrs. Bell |
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Tommy Kelly as Steve |
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Dick Hogan as Don Bell |
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Jed Prouty as Mack Steward |
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Murray Alper as Shorty |
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Paul Fix as Marco |
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Ernie Adams as Thief |
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John Bagni as Detective #2 |
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Danny Beck as Man in Flophouse |
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Clara Blore as Hatchet-faced Woman |
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Ralph Dunn as Cop |
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Evelyn Cook as Girl |
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Paul Dubov as Waiter |
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William Forrest as District Attorney |
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June Gittelson as Matilda |
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William Gould as Detective #1 |
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William Hall as Bouncer |
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Sid Melton as Waiter |
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Eddie Parker as Motorcycle Cop |
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Syd Saylor as Drunk |
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Dan Seymour as Chef |
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John Sheehan as Manager |
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Napoleon Simpson as Singer |
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Harry Tenbrook as Railroad Bull |
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Johnny Walsh as Crap Shooter |
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Lee 'Lasses' White as Pirkle |
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Matt Willis as Bouncer |
| Art | Harold H. MacArthur | Art Direction |
| Sound | Paul Neal | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Hans J. Salter | Music Director |
| Writing | Lewis Amster | Screenplay |
| Production | Ken Goldsmith | Associate Producer |
| Art | Edward R. Robinson | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera West | Costume Design |
| Crew | Eddie Parker | Stunts |
| Writing | Brenda Weisberg | Screenplay |
| Directing | Ray Taylor | Director |
| Art | Jack Otterson | Art Direction |
| Art | Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Bernard B. Brown | Sound Director |
| Sound | Hans J. Salter | Music |
| Writing | Harold Tarshis | Screenplay |
| Writing | Henry Sucher | Screenplay |
| Editing | Edward Curtiss | Editor |
| Directing | Charles S. Gould | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Charles Grayson | Original Story |
| Sound | Frank Skinner | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jack MacKenzie | Director of Photography |