BIG TOWN CZAR.

New York City newspaper columnist Ed Sullivan relates the story of crime boss Phil Daley's rise and fall. Danny Daley ends up dead, and Phil needs to lay low because Luger's looking for him. He manages to kill Luger, but ends up arrested, convicted and sentenced to die.

Credits

Directed by
Arthur Lubin
Written by
Edmund Hartmann
Cast
Ed Sullivan, Eve Arden, Barton MacLane, James Flavin, Tom Brown, Jack La Rue, LeRoy Mason, Gordon Jones, Carleton Young, Esther Dale, Frank Jenks, Irving Bacon
Cinematography
Elwood Bredell
Music
Charles Previn
Complete catalog record
BIG TOWN CZAR. 1939. 7 reels, sd. Based on the story "Czar of Broadway" by Ed Sullivan. Credits: Associate producer, Ken Goldsmith; director, Arthur Lubin; screenplay, Edmund Hartmann; film editor, Philip Cahn. Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 21Mar39; LP8782.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, color, country, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q16248723 ↗