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1947 film by William C. Thomas

Big Town
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	William C. Thomas
Screenplay by	Daniel Mainwaring Maxwell Shane
Story by	Daniel Mainwaring
Produced by	William H. Pine William C. Thomas
Starring	Phillip Reed Hillary Brooke Robert Lowery Veda Ann Borg Byron Barr Charles Arnt
Cinematography	Fred Jackman Jr.
Edited by	Howard A. Smith
Music by	Darrell Calker
Production company	Pine-Thomas Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	May 23, 1947 (1947-05-23)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Big Town is a 1947 American crime film directed by William C. Thomas and written by Daniel Mainwaring and Maxwell Shane. The film stars Phillip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Robert Lowery, Veda Ann Borg, Byron Barr and Charles Arnt. The first in a series of four films based on the long-running radio program Big Town, it was released on May 23, 1947 by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

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Cast

Phillip Reed as Steve Wilson
Hillary Brooke as Lorelei Kilbourne
Robert Lowery as Pete Ryan
Veda Ann Borg as Vivian LeRoy
Byron Barr as Vance Crane
Charles Arnt as Amos Peabody
Nana Bryant as Mrs. Crane
Roy Gordon as Editor Post
Eddie Parks as Gerald Meeker
Nella Walker as Mrs. Johannsen
Thomas E. Jackson as Police Chief Berkley

Production

Pine Thomas bought film rights in 1945 intended to make two films a year in the series.

The script was written by Daniel Mainwaring who later recalled, "Bill Thomas of Pine and Thomas, who made very small and very bad pictures at Paramount, gave me my first real screenwriting job. I wrote six pictures in one year, all of which I'd just as soon forget except Big Town . At the end of the year, I fled to the hills and wrote Build My Gallows High."

Comic book adaptation

Fiction House Movie Comics #1 (December 1946)

References

"Big Town (1947) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
Hal Erickson. "Big Town (1947) - William C. Thomas | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
"Big Town". Afi.com. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
"Variety (July 1945)". 1945.
McGilligan, Pat, ed. (1997). Backstory 2: Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1940s and 1950s. University of California Press. pp. 196–197.
"Fiction House Movie Comics #1". Grand Comics Database.
Fiction House Movie Comics #1 at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)

External links

Big Town at IMDb
Review at Variety

v t e Films of Pine-Thomas Productions
Feature Films	Power Dive (1941) Forced Landing (1941) Flying Blind (1941) No Hands on the Clock (1941) Torpedo Boat (1942) I Live on Danger (1942) Wildcat (1942) Wrecking Crew (1942) Tornado (1943) Aerial Gunner (1943) High Explosive (1943) Alaska Highway (1943) Submarine Alert (1943) Minesweeper (1943) Timber Queen (1944) The Navy Way (1944) Gambler's Choice (1944) Take It Big (1944) Dark Mountain (1944) One Body Too Many (1944) Double Exposure (1944) Dangerous Passage (1944) High Powered (1945) Midnight Manhunt (1945) Follow That Woman (1945) Scared Stiff (1945) People Are Funny (1946) Tokyo Rose (1946) They Made Me a Killer (1946) Hot Cargo (1946) Swamp Fire (1946) Seven Were Saved (1947) Big Town (1947) I Cover Big Town (1947) Fear in the Night (1947) Danger Street (1947) Adventure Island (1947) Jungle Flight (1947) Big Town After Dark (1947) Albuquerque (1948) Caged Fury (1948) Mr. Reckless (1948) Speed to Spare (1948) Big Town Scandal (1948) Shaggy (1948) Waterfront at Midnight (1948) Disaster (1948) Dynamite (1949) Manhandled (1949) Special Agent (1949) El Paso (1949) Captain China (1950) The Eagle and the Hawk (1950) The Lawless (1950) Tripoli (1950) The Last Outpost (1951) Passage West (1951) Hong Kong (1951) Caribbean (1952) The Blazing Forest (1952) Tropic Zone (1953) Jamaica Run (1953) Sangaree (1953) The Vanquished (1953) Those Redheads from Seattle (1953) Jivaro (1954) Run for Cover (1955) The Far Horizons (1955) Hell's Island (1955) Lucy Gallant (1955) Nightmare (1956) The Big Caper (1957) Bailout at 43,000 (1957)
Short Films	A Letter from Bataan (1942) We Refuse to Die (1942) The Price of Victory (1942)

Films of Pine-Thomas Productions

Feature Films

Power Dive (1941)
Forced Landing (1941)
Flying Blind (1941)
No Hands on the Clock (1941)
Torpedo Boat (1942)
I Live on Danger (1942)
Wildcat (1942)
Wrecking Crew (1942)
Tornado (1943)
Aerial Gunner (1943)
High Explosive (1943)
Alaska Highway (1943)
Submarine Alert (1943)
Minesweeper (1943)
Timber Queen (1944)
The Navy Way (1944)
Gambler's Choice (1944)
Take It Big (1944)
Dark Mountain (1944)
One Body Too Many (1944)
Double Exposure (1944)
Dangerous Passage (1944)
High Powered (1945)
Midnight Manhunt (1945)
Follow That Woman (1945)
Scared Stiff (1945)
People Are Funny (1946)
Tokyo Rose (1946)
They Made Me a Killer (1946)
Hot Cargo (1946)
Swamp Fire (1946)
Seven Were Saved (1947)
Big Town (1947)
I Cover Big Town (1947)
Fear in the Night (1947)
Danger Street (1947)
Adventure Island (1947)
Jungle Flight (1947)
Big Town After Dark (1947)
Albuquerque (1948)
Caged Fury (1948)
Mr. Reckless (1948)
Speed to Spare (1948)
Big Town Scandal (1948)
Shaggy (1948)
Waterfront at Midnight (1948)
Disaster (1948)
Dynamite (1949)
Manhandled (1949)
Special Agent (1949)
El Paso (1949)
Captain China (1950)
The Eagle and the Hawk (1950)
The Lawless (1950)
Tripoli (1950)
The Last Outpost (1951)
Passage West (1951)
Hong Kong (1951)
Caribbean (1952)
The Blazing Forest (1952)
Tropic Zone (1953)
Jamaica Run (1953)
Sangaree (1953)
The Vanquished (1953)
Those Redheads from Seattle (1953)
Jivaro (1954)
Run for Cover (1955)
The Far Horizons (1955)
Hell's Island (1955)
Lucy Gallant (1955)
Nightmare (1956)
The Big Caper (1957)
Bailout at 43,000 (1957)

Short Films

A Letter from Bataan (1942)
We Refuse to Die (1942)
The Price of Victory (1942)

v t e Films directed by William C. Thomas
Midnight Manhunt (1945) They Made Me a Killer (1946) Big Town (1946) I Cover Big Town (1947) Big Town After Dark (1948) Big Town Scandal (1948) Special Agent (1949)

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