Mug Town

Mug Town

59 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy, Action | Dec. 18, 1942

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.

Mug Town

59 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy, Action | Dec. 18, 1942

Mug Town
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.
Producers Universal Pictures Corporation
Original title Mug Town
Directors Charles S. Gould, Ray Taylor
Writers Lewis Amster, Henry Sucher, Harold Tarshis, Brenda Weisberg, Charles Grayson

Cast

Billy Halop

as Tommy Davis

Huntz Hall

as Pig

Grace McDonald

as Norene Steward

Gabriel Dell

as String

Edward Norris

as Clinker

Virginia Brissac

as Mrs. Bell

Tommy Kelly

as Steve

Dick Hogan

as Don Bell

Jed Prouty

as Mack Steward

Murray Alper

as Shorty

Paul Fix

as Marco

Ernie Adams

as Thief

John Bagni

as Detective #2

Danny Beck

as Man in Flophouse

Clara Blore

as Hatchet-faced Woman

Ralph Dunn

as Cop

Evelyn Cook

as Girl

Paul Dubov

as Waiter

William Forrest

as District Attorney

June Gittelson

as Matilda

William Gould

as Detective #1

William Hall

as Bouncer

Sid Melton

as Waiter

Eddie Parker

as Motorcycle Cop

Syd Saylor

as Drunk

Dan Seymour

as Chef

John Sheehan

as Manager

Napoleon Simpson

as Singer

Harry Tenbrook

as Railroad Bull

Johnny Walsh

as Crap Shooter

Lee 'Lasses' White

as Pirkle

Matt Willis

as Bouncer