Big City
So much of happiness and heart-break...drama and romance...set to the tune of a big city...glorified by two great stars...it will bring glowing memories for years to come!
1937 | 80m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Frank Borzage |
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| Writer: | Dore Schary, Norman Krasna, Hugo Butler |
| Staring: |
| Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob control and violence between cab companies. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 03, 1937 |
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| Director: | Frank Borzage |
| Writer: | Dore Schary, Norman Krasna, Hugo Butler |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | taxi, mayor, labor strike, protection racket |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $1,601,000
Budget: $621,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 21, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Luise Rainer | Anna Benton |
| Spencer Tracy | Joe Benton |
| Charley Grapewin | Robert, the Mayor |
| Janet Beecher | Sophie Sloane |
| Eddie Quillan | Mike Edwards |
| Victor Varconi | Paul Roya |
| Oscar O'Shea | John C. Andrews |
| Helen Troy | Lola Johnson |
| William Demarest | Mr. Beecher |
| John Arledge | Buddy |
| Irving Bacon | Jim Sloane |
| Guinn "Big Boy" Williams | Danny Devlin |
| Regis Toomey | Fred Hawkins |
| Edgar Dearing | Tom Reilley |
| Paul Harvey | District Attorney Gilbert |
| Andrew Tombes | Inspector Matthews (as Andrew J. Tombes) |
| Clem Bevans | Grandpa Sloane |
| Grace Ford | Mary Reilley |
| Alice White | Peggy Devlin |
| Jack Dempsey | Jack Dempsey |
| James J. Jeffries | Jim Jeffries |
| Jimmy McLarnin | Jimmy McLarnin |
| Maxie Rosenbloom | Maxie Rosenbloom |
| Jim Thorpe | Jim Thorpe |
| Frank Wykoff | Frank Wycoff |
| Jackie Fields | Jackie Fields |
| Man Mountain Dean | Man Mountain Dean |
| Gus Sonnenberg | Gus Sonnenberg |
| George Godfrey | George Godfrey |
| Joe Rivers | Joe Rivers |
| Cotton Warburton | 'Cotton' Warburton |
| Bull Montana | Bull Montana |
| Rex 'Snowy' Baker | 'Snowy' Baker (as Snowy Baker) |
| Taski Hagio | Taski Hagio |
| Abdullah Abbas | Abdullah Abbas (uncredited) |
| Barbara Bedford | Woman Who Screams (uncredited) |
| Francis X. Bushman Jr. | Banquet Doorman (uncredited) |
| Ruth Hussey | Mayor's Secretary (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Frank Borzage | Director |
| Dore Schary | Screenplay |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Norman Krasna | Story |
| Hugo Butler | Screenplay |
| William Axt | Original Music Composer |
| Joseph Ruttenberg | Director of Photography |
| Fredrick Y. Smith | Editor |
| Jay Marchant | Production Manager |
| Lew Borzage | Assistant Director |
| Dolly Tree | Wardrobe Designer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Norman Krasna | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
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