The Big Guy

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The Big Guy

"BIG...With a FIST! BIG... With a GUN! BIG..With a GAL!"

1939

1h 18m

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Crime

Drama

Overview

A man is given the choice between having fabulous wealth or saving an innocent man from the death penalty.

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Cast & Crew

26 members

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Victor McLaglen

Warden Bill Whitlock

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Jackie Cooper

Jimmy Hutchins

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Ona Munson

Mary Whitlock

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Peggy Moran

Joan Lawson

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Edward Brophy

Dippy

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Jonathan Hale

Jack Lane

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Russell Hicks

Lawson

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Wallis Clark

District Attorney

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Alan Davis

Joe

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Murray Alper

Williams

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Edward Pawley

Buckhart

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George McKay

Buzz Miller

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Edwin Stanley

Judge (uncredited)

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Ben Taggart

Owner of Station (uncredited)

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Fay McKenzie

Waitress (uncredited)

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Stanley Blystone

City Police Captain (uncredited)

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Ed Cassidy

Police Captain (uncredited)

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Pat Flaherty

Policeman (uncredited)

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Edward Earle

Police Announcer (uncredited)

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Rondo Hatton

Convict (uncredited)

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Anne Gwynne

Joan's Friend (uncredited)

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Frank Jaquet

First Citizen (uncredited)

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Milton Kibbee

Second Citizen (uncredited)

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Milburn Stone

Publicity man (uncredited)

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Eddie Dunn

Dawes (uncredited)

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Tom Chatterton

Doctor (uncredited)

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