Big Town Czar (1939)
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.
Director: Arthur Lubin
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Barton MacLane as Phil Daley |
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Tom Brown as Danny Daley |
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Eve Arden as Susan Warren |
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Jack La Rue as Mike Luger |
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Frank Jenks as Sid Travers |
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Walter Woolf King as Paul Burgess |
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Oscar O'Shea as Pa Daley |
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Esther Dale as Ma Daley |
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Horace McMahon as Punchy |
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Ed Sullivan as Narrator / Newspaper Columnist |
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Irving Bacon as Real Estate Man |
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Heinie Conklin as Thompson |
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Clyde Dilson as Morgan |
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James Flavin as George Mitchell |
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Jennifer Gray as Telephone Operator |
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Eddie Hall as Taxi Cab Driver |
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Gordon Jones as Chuck Hardy |
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Donald Kirke as Bit Role |
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Jimmie Lucas as Stooge |
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Jerry Marlowe as Nick |
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LeRoy Mason as Poker Game Robber |
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Frank Melton as Hotel Clerk |
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Charles R. Moore as Ray |
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Miki Morita as Butler |
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Raymond Parker as Student |
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Buster Phelps as Boy |
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Oscar Polk as Arthur, Harlem Numbers Man |
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Cully Richards as Herman |
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Frances Robinson as Florist Shop Employee |
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Don Rowan as Stranger |
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Tom Rutherford as Red |
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John Sheehan as Ray Norman |
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Martin Turner as Mickey |
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Carleton Young as Thompson, Luger Henchman |
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Walter Young as Lawyer |
| Directing | Arthur Lubin | Director |
| Writing | Edmund L. Hartmann | Writer |
| Writing | Ed Sullivan | Story |
