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Big City
Big City

Big City

Excitement from Dusk to Dawn!

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A young orphan in New York's Lower East Side is collectively adopted by three neighborhood men--a minister, a cantor, and a cop.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

103 mins

Rating

7.2/10

Release Date

25 March 1948

Country

United States of America

Cast

Margaret O'Brien

Margaret O'Brien

Midge

Robert Preston

Robert Preston

Rev. Philip Y. Andrews

Danny Thomas

Danny Thomas

Cantor David Irwin Feldman

George Murphy

George Murphy

Patrick O'Donnell

Karin Booth

Karin Booth

Florence Bartlett

Edward Arnold

Edward Arnold

Judge Martin O. Abercrombie

Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins

Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins

Louis Keller

Betty Garrett

Betty Garrett

Shoo Shoo Grady

Lotte Lehmann

Lotte Lehmann

Mama Feldman

Connie Gilchrist

Connie Gilchrist

Martha

Page Cavanaugh

Page Cavanaugh

Trio Leader (as Page Cavanaugh Trio)

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