Movie

Mug Town (1942)

• December 18, 1942
• 59m

• Drama
• Comedy
• Crime

“IT THRILLS! IT SOCKS! IT'S SWELL!”

Overview

Steve Bell, Tommy, Pig, Ape, and String are run of town. Steve, while hopping a freight card and trying to avoid the brakeman, is killed. The boys meet Steve's mother, Alice Bell and Tommy is given a job in the storage garage which she owns jointly with Mack Steward. Steve's brother Don Bell is working with some gangsters by tipping them off on valuable merchandise that can be hijacked. Pig, Ape and String overhear Don's plans to use Tommy as the fall guy in the next hijacking.

Director

Ray Taylor

Writers

Brenda Weisberg, Lewis Amster, Harold Tarshis, Henry Sucher

Starring

Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Grace McDonald