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Mug Town

Mug Town

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 18, 1942

Runtime

0h 59m

Genres

Drama, Action, Comedy, Crime

User Score

70%

Original Title

Mug Town

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Director

Ray Taylor

Description

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.