Big City

Name: Big City
Released: 1937
Rating: 60.71
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Charley Grapewin, Janet Beecher, Luise Rainer

1937

Drama

1h 20m

Joe Benton is an independent cabdriver. He and his fellow independents are constantly harassed by drivers from the Comet Taxi Company, which has hired ruffians to steal business from the independents. When a coincidence makes Joe's foreign-born wife Anna appear guilty of murder and sabotage in the bombing of Comet's garage, the district attorney's office decides to deport her as a means of leveraging an end to the taxi wars.

Directed by:

Frank Borzage

Written by:

Norman Krasna Dore Schary

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Starring:

Spencer Tracy

Charley Grapewin

Luise Rainer Janet Beecher

Genre:

Drama

Country:

USA

Language:

English

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1937

Drama

1h 20m

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Rated 15 Dec 2013

This was a weird mix! Seems Frank Borzage couldn't decide if this was going to be a overly romantic immigrant film or a celebrity comedy. A lot of the build up is about war among the taxi companies which results in a explosion which Spencer Tracy's girl, Luise Rainer, gets the blame. How to put the taxi war to rest? Have all the famous boxing and pro-wrestling greats beat the shit out of them. Doesn't make much sense any of this, but the massive crazy brawl ended this with a grand smile!

Rated 15 Dec 2013

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