The Big Guy (1939)
BIG...With a FIST! BIG... With a GUN! BIG..With a GAL!
A man is given the choice between having fabulous wealth or saving an innocent man from the death penalty.
- Date of release
- 1939-12-22
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Arthur Lubin
Casting
- Victor McLaglen — Warden Bill Whitlock
- Jackie Cooper — Jimmy Hutchins
- Ona Munson — Mary Whitlock
- Peggy Moran — Joan Lawson
- Edward Brophy — Dippy
- Jonathan Hale — Jack Lane
- Russell Hicks — Lawson
- Wallis Clark — District Attorney
- Alan Davis — Joe
- Murray Alper — Williams
- Edward Pawley — Buckhart
- George McKay — Buzz Miller
Interesting facts
The Big Guy is a 1939 American drama crime film directed by Arthur Lubin starring Victor McLaglen and Jackie Cooper.
Production
Universal had been looking for a project to team Victor McLaglen and Jackie Cooper for some months. This was the script chosen. It was originally called No Power On Earth and it was announced in September 1939.
Filming started in October 1939 and ended in November. Lubin's work on the film got him the job of Black Friday which started shooting in December.
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