The Big Operator

Aug 1, 1959

1h 31m

★ 5.8

Goons! Torch Killers! Labor Racketeers!

Overview

A power-mad union boss resorts to murder to eliminate witnesses scheduled to testify against him. The eclectic cast includes Mickey Rooney, Mamie Van Doren, Mel Torme, Jay North, Vampira, Charles Chaplin Jr., Jackie Coogan and Norman Grabowski.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Fryman Enterprises

Albert Zugsmith Productions

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Cast

Little Joe Braun

Mickey Rooney

Mary Gibson

Mamie Van Doren

Bill Gibson

Steve Cochran

Fred McAfee

Mel Tormé

Cliff Heldon

Jim Backus

Ed Brannell

Jackie Coogan

Oscar Wetzel

Ray Danton

Slim Clayburn

Ray Anthony

Bill Tragg

Charles Chaplin, Jr.

Tony Webson

Billy Daniels

Timmy Gibson

Jay North

Phil Cernak

Lawrence Dobkin

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