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Mug Town

Mug Town
★ 8.5/10•1942•59m•Drama•Comedy•Crime

IT THRILLS! IT SOCKS! IT'S SWELL!

Steve Bell, Tommy, Pig, Ape, and String are run of town. Steve, while hopping a freight card and trying to avoid the brakeman, is killed. The boys meet Steve's mother, Alice Bell and Tommy is given a job in the storage garage which she owns jointly with Mack Steward. Steve's brother Don Bell is working with some gangsters by tipping them off on valuable merchandise that can be hijacked. Pig, Ape and String overhear Don's plans to use Tommy as the fall guy in the next hijacking.

Lewis Amster · Screenplay

Brenda Weisberg · Screenplay

Ray Taylor · Director

Harold Tarshis · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime59m
LanguageEN
Release DateDec 18, 1942

Actors

Billy Halop

Billy Halop

Tommy Davis

Huntz Hall

Huntz Hall

Pig

Grace McDonald

Grace McDonald

Norene Steward

Bernard Punsly

Bernard Punsly

Ape

Gabriel Dell

Gabriel Dell

String

Edward Norris

Edward Norris

Clinker

Virginia Brissac

Virginia Brissac

Mrs. Bell

Tommy Kelly

Steve

Dick Hogan

Dick Hogan

Don Bell

Jed Prouty

Jed Prouty

Mack Steward

Murray Alper

Murray Alper

Shorty

Paul Fix

Paul Fix

Marco

Ernie Adams

Ernie Adams

Thief

John Bagni

John Bagni

Detective #2

Danny Beck

Man in Flophouse

Clara Blore

Hatchet-faced Woman

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