A crusading newspaper reporter battles big-city gambling interests.A crusading newspaper reporter battles big-city gambling interests.A crusading newspaper reporter battles big-city gambling interests.
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Phillip Reed
- Steve Wilson
- (as Philip Reed)
Ann Gillis
- Susan Peabody LaRue
- (as Anne Gillis)
Robert Kent
- Jake Sebastian
- (as Douglas Blackley)
Joseph Allen
- Wally Blake--Reporter
- (as Joe Allen Jr.)
Fred Aldrich
- Police Car Driver
- (uncredited)
Don Barclay
- Gambler
- (uncredited)
Benny Bartlett
- McGonigle
- (uncredited)
Gregg Barton
- Detective
- (uncredited)
Gladys Blake
- Gambler
- (uncredited)
Dorothy Christy
- Card Shark
- (uncredited)
Sumner Getchell
- Harvey Cushman--Reporter
- (uncredited)
John Holland
- District Attorney Harding
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Whitman Chambers
- Daniel Mainwaring(uncredited)
- Maxwell Shane(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.
- Quotes
Susan Peabody LaRue: [putting down her poker hand] Full house, kings on the roof.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits are shown on the playing cards of a gambling table.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Big Town Scandal (1948)
Featured review
What's Steve gonna do when Lorelei leaves?
"Big Town After Dark" is a decent B-movie from tiny Pine-Thomas, a company known for its mediocre and sub-par Bs. Fortunately, this is one of the better films they made.
Steve (Phillip Reed) is the managing editor of a newspaper. His day is looking pretty glum when his star reporter, Lorelei (Hillary Brooke) announces she's quitting to become a literary writer. He's desperate to keep her there...but he has another problem to deal with...his boss wants him to hire the niece...and she has no experience at a newspaper. Then Steve gets an idea....use the boss' niece to try to keep Lorelei with the paper. Little did he know that this would NOT be a particularly good idea!
This film has a lot of noir elements--the nasty bossman who runs the town and a local gambling den, folks getting the snot knocked out of them and murder! Well worth seeing and an interesting story once it got going.
Steve (Phillip Reed) is the managing editor of a newspaper. His day is looking pretty glum when his star reporter, Lorelei (Hillary Brooke) announces she's quitting to become a literary writer. He's desperate to keep her there...but he has another problem to deal with...his boss wants him to hire the niece...and she has no experience at a newspaper. Then Steve gets an idea....use the boss' niece to try to keep Lorelei with the paper. Little did he know that this would NOT be a particularly good idea!
This film has a lot of noir elements--the nasty bossman who runs the town and a local gambling den, folks getting the snot knocked out of them and murder! Well worth seeing and an interesting story once it got going.
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- planktonrules
- Jul 29, 2018
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Underworld After Dark
- Filming locations
- Los Angeles City Hall - 200 North Spring Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA(N Spring St entrance)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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