
Five Star Final(1931)
Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.



Phillip Reed
Steve Wilson

Hillary Brooke
Lorelei Kilbourne

Robert Lowery
Pete Ryan

Veda Ann Borg
Vivian LeRoy

Byron Barr
Vance Crane

Charles Arnt
Amos Peabody

Nana Bryant
Mrs. Crane

Roy Gordon
Editor Post

Eddie Parks
Gerald Meeker, theater cashier

Nella Walker
Mrs. Johannsen, victim's mother
Big Town is a crime, drama film released in 1946 exploring themes of b movie, newspaper man. Directed by William C. Thomas, it stars Phillip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Robert Lowery. A newspaper editor goes on an anti-crime crusade, but gets carried away.
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