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I Cover Big Town

  • 19471947
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 3m
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Hillary Brooke, Leonard Penn, and Phillip Reed in I Cover Big Town (1947)
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One of the four films in the Pine-Thomas series based on radio's long-running "Big Town." This time out, society editor Lorelei Kilbourne is assigned to the police beat. Her paper, "The Illu... Read allOne of the four films in the Pine-Thomas series based on radio's long-running "Big Town." This time out, society editor Lorelei Kilbourne is assigned to the police beat. Her paper, "The Illustrated Press", following its usual policy of socially-correct muckraking by crusading edi... Read allOne of the four films in the Pine-Thomas series based on radio's long-running "Big Town." This time out, society editor Lorelei Kilbourne is assigned to the police beat. Her paper, "The Illustrated Press", following its usual policy of socially-correct muckraking by crusading editor Steve Wilson, is putting heat on the chief of police. But Lorelei believes the chief i... Read all
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  • Director
    • William C. Thomas
  • Writers
    • Whitman Chambers(radioplay)
    • Maxwell Shane(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Phillip Reed
    • Hillary Brooke
    • Robert Lowery
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  • Director
    • William C. Thomas
  • Writers
    • Whitman Chambers(radioplay)
    • Maxwell Shane(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Phillip Reed
    • Hillary Brooke
    • Robert Lowery
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    Phillip Reed
    Phillip Reed
    • Steve Wilsonas Steve Wilson
    Hillary Brooke
    Hillary Brooke
    • Lorelei Kilbourneas Lorelei Kilbourne
    Robert Lowery
    Robert Lowery
    • Pete Ryanas Pete Ryan
    Robert Shayne
    Robert Shayne
    • Chief Tom Blakeas Chief Tom Blake
    Mona Barrie
    Mona Barrie
    • Dora Hiltonas Dora Hilton
    Vince Barnett
    Vince Barnett
    • Louis Murkilas Louis Murkil
    Louis Jean Heydt
    Louis Jean Heydt
    • John Moultonas John Moulton
    Frank Wilcox
    Frank Wilcox
    • Harry Hiltonas Harry Hilton
    Leonard Penn
    Leonard Penn
    • Norden Royalas Norden Royal
    Joseph Allen
      Gene Roth
      Gene Roth
        Pete Weissmuller
        • Reporteras Reporter
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        • Director
          • William C. Thomas
        • Writers
          • Whitman Chambers(radioplay)
          • Maxwell Shane(screenplay)
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          The 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.

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        • Release date
          • February 27, 1947 (United States)
        • Country of origin
          • United States
        • Language
          • English
        • Also known as
          • I Cover the Underworld
        • Production company
          • Pine-Thomas Productions
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          1 hour 3 minutes
        • Color
          • Black and White
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.37 : 1

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