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Big Town After Dark (1947)

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Release Date: Dec 12, 1947 Wide

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Top-notch police reporter Lorelei Kilbourne (Hillary Brooke) decides to resign her job when her novel is published, and gives Big Town Illustrated Press editor-in-chief Steve Wilson (Philip Reed) her two-weeks' notice. Lorelei is surprised when Steve hires a replacement that day, Susan Peabody (Ann Gillis), a journalism student who is actually the niece of the newspaper's publisher Amos Peabody (Charles Arnt). Steve discovers that Susan has a gambling habit that she developed in college -- he

Unrated, 1 hr. 9 min.

Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Directed By: William C. Thomas

In Theaters: Dec 12, 1947 Wide

On DVD: Apr 26, 2005

Cast

Phillip Reed
Steve Wilson
Hillary Brooke
Lorelei Kilbourne
Richard Travis
Chuck LaRue
Vince Barnett
Louie Snead
Joe Sawyer
Monk
Charles Arnt
Amos Peabody, Mr. Peabo...
William Haade
Marcus
Arthur Space
Fletcher
Sumner Getchell
Barry Cushman
Ann Gillis
Susan Peabody
Robert Kent
Jake Sebastian
Robert Lowery
Pete Ryan
Byron Barr
Vance Crane
Veda Ann Borg
Vivian LeRoy
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Crane
Ed Begley Sr.
Gig Young
Vance Crane

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