The Boss of Big Town (1942)
BLACK MARKET RACKET! He placed his life on the line...to uncover the sinister power that was racketeering in a big city's daily bread
62 min
Quality was seldom a consideration in the low-budget films of PRC Studios; still, the company was a welcome harbor for character actors who aspired to occasional leading roles. In Boss of Big Town, veteran supporting player John Litel is top-billed as crusading city market official Michael Lynn. When a criminal gang muscles in on the local food distribution markets, Lynn vows to throw the rascals out. First, however, he pretends to join the villains as a paid government stooge, the better to find out the identity of the "Mister Big" behind the distribution racket. The exposure of the "mystery villain" will come as a shock to fans of the 1927 Cecil B. DeMille epic The King of Kings--but not to dyed-in-the-wool movie buffs.
- Release date
- December 7, 1942
- Country of origin
- United States
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Cast
- John Litel as Michael Lynn
- Florence Rice as Linda Gregory
- H.B. Warner as Jeffrey Moore
- John Miljan as Kenneth Craige
- Jean Brooks as Iris Moore
- David Bacon as Dr. Gil Page
- Mary Gordon as Mrs. Lane
- Frank Ferguson as Bram Hart
- Lloyd Ingraham as Inspector Torrence
- John Maxwell as Foster
Crew
- Arthur Dreifuss · Director
- Edward Dein · Writer
- Arthur Hoerl · Writer
- Jack Schwarz · Producer
- Marcel Le Picard · Cinematographer
- Charles Henkel Jr. · Editor