Sin Town (1942)
Marlene Dietrich was supposed to have starred in Universal's Sin Town, but the script was not to her liking. Dietrich was replaced by Constance Bennett in the role of a glamorous suspect in a small-town murder. Broderick Crawford and Leo Carrillo costar as a couple of con men who must solve the killing of a newspaper publisher lest they be convicted of the crime. At 75 minutes, the film moves too quickly to pause for such niceties as motivation and logic, but few in the audiences of 1942 complained. Sin Town's three-person writing staff included Richard Brooks, later the director of such "A" pictures as Elmer Gantry and In Cold Blood (though he never did write for Marlene Dietrich). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Constance Bennett, Broderick Crawford, (more)
- Director(s):
- Ray Enright
Synopsis of Sin Town
Marlene Dietrich was supposed to have starred in Universal's Sin Town, but the script was not to her liking. Dietrich was replaced by Constance Bennett in the role of a glamorous suspect in a small-town murder. Broderick Crawford and Leo Carrillo costar as a couple of con men who must solve the killing of a newspaper publisher lest they be convicted of the crime. At 75 minutes, the film moves too quickly to pause for such niceties as motivation and logic, but few in the audiences of 1942 complained. Sin Town's three-person writing staff included Richard Brooks, later the director of such "A" pictures as Elmer Gantry and In Cold Blood (though he never did write for Marlene Dietrich). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Sin Town
- Constance Bennett - Kye Allen
- Anne Gwynne - Laura Kirby
- Andy Devine - Judge Eustace Vale
- Ward Bond - Rock Delaney
- Ralf Harolde - Kentucky Jones
- Billy Wayne - Hollister
- Bryant Washburn - Anderson
- Paul Bryar - Grady
- Larry McGrath - Stick Man
- Jack C. Smith
- Guy Usher - Man on Train
- Harry Strang - Jessup
- Oscar O'Shea - Conductor
- Murray Parker - Juggler
- Art Miles
- Frank Coleman - Man
- Neely Edwards
- Frank S. Hagney - Bartender
- Broderick Crawford - Dude McNair
- Patric Knowles - Wade Crowell
- Leo Carrillo - Angelo Colina
- Arthur Ayleswofth - Sheriff Bagby
- Charles Wagenheim - Dry Hole
- Hobart Bosworth - Humiston
- Jack Mulhall - Hanson
- George Lewis - Oil Man
- Rebel Randall
- Eddy Waller - Forager
- Jean Trent - Dance Hall Girl
- Edward Peil Sr. - Hedges
- Clarence Muse - Porter
- Victor Zimmerman
- Charles Marsh
- Kernan Cripps
- Ben Erway - Dr. Prendergast
- Director(s):
- Ray Enright
- Writer(s):
- W. Scott Darling, Gerald Geraghty, Richard Brooks
- Producer(s):
- George Waggner
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