The Big Operator (1959)
Goons! Torch Killers! Labor Racketeers!
A power-mad union boss resorts to murder to eliminate witnesses scheduled to testify against him.
- Date of release
- 1959-08-01
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Director
- Charles F. Haas
Casting
- Mickey Rooney — Little Joe Braun
- Mamie Van Doren — Mary Gibson
- Steve Cochran — Bill Gibson
- Mel Tormé — Fred McAfee
- Jim Backus — Cliff Heldon
- Jackie Coogan — Ed Brannell
- Ray Danton — Oscar Wetzel
- Ray Anthony — Slim Clayburn
- Charles Chaplin, Jr. — Bill Tragg
- Billy Daniels — Tony Webson
- Jay North — Timmy Gibson
- Lawrence Dobkin — Phil Cernak
Interesting facts
The Big Operator is a black and white 1959 American crime/drama film starring Mickey Rooney as a corrupt union boss, with Steve Cochran, Mel Torme and Mamie Van Doren as co-stars. The film is a remake of Joe Smith, American (1942) with labor union thugs replacing Axis spies.
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