Big Town Scandal

May 27, 1948

1h 0m

★ 5.0

It's Bullets vs. Basketball... as Steve Wilson Fights a Juvenile Crime Wave!

Overview

A crusading editor and his star reporter aid underprivileged youths and crack down on racketeers out to fix basketball.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Pine-Thomas Productions

Big Town Scandal Trailers

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Cast

Steve Wilson

Phillip Reed

Lorelei Kilbourne

Hillary Brooke

Tommy Malone

Stanley Clements

Harold 'Skinny' Peters

Darryl Hickman

Frankie Snead

Carl Switzer

John 'Pinky' Jones

Roland Dupree

Waldo 'Dum Dum' Riggs

Tommy Bond

Louie Snead

Vince Barnett

Amos Peabody

Charles Arnt

Wally Blake

Joseph Allen

Marion Harrison

Donna Martell

Joe Moreley

John Phillips

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