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Mug Town

1942-12-18 · 59 min · ★ 8.5

Drama · Comedy · Crime

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.

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Directors
Ray Taylor
Production companies
Universal Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Billy HalopBilly HalopTommy Davis
Huntz HallHuntz HallPig
Grace McDonaldGrace McDonaldNorene Steward
Bernard PunslyBernard PunslyApe
Gabriel DellGabriel DellString
Edward NorrisEdward NorrisClinker
Virginia BrissacVirginia BrissacMrs. Bell
Tommy KellySteve
Dick HoganDick HoganDon Bell
Jed ProutyJed ProutyMack Steward
Murray AlperMurray AlperShorty
Paul FixPaul FixMarco
Ernie AdamsErnie AdamsThief
John BagniJohn BagniDetective #2
Danny BeckMan in Flophouse
Clara BloreHatchet-faced Woman
Ralph DunnRalph DunnCop
Evelyn CookGirl
Paul DubovPaul DubovWaiter
William ForrestWilliam ForrestDistrict Attorney

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