Big Town Movie Review 1947

A newspaper is saved by a new editor who brings integrity to the once scandalous paper. The editor and his reporters also solve a series of murders. Some action, but weak dialogue and direction hold it back. Based on the radio program of the same name.

Distribution

Sinister Cinema, PO Box 4369, Medford, OR 97501-0168, Phone: (541)773-6860, Fax: (541)779-8650, Email: scinema@qwest.net, URL: http://www.sinistercinema.com

Available on VHS
Running time 59 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Front Page, Adapted from a Radio Show

Screenplay

Daniel Mainwaring, Maxwell Shane

Cast

Philip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Robert Lowery, Byron Barr, Veda Ann Borg, Nana Bryant, Charles Arnt, John Dehner

Cinematography

Fred H. Jackman

Director

William C. Thomas

Music

Darrell Calker

Producer

Paramount Pictures, William Pine, William C. Thomas