Big City
NR
6.2
1948
1 hr 43 min
Drama
, Music
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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- Cast:
- Margaret O'Brien , Robert Preston , Danny Thomas , George Murphy , Karin Booth , Edward Arnold , Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins
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everything you have heard about this movie is true.
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Absolutely the worst movie.
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It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
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Blistering performances.
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