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Mug Town

Movie·1942·Drama, Comedy, Crime·59m·Directed by Ray Taylor

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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.

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Billy HalopBilly HalopTommy DavisHuntz HallHuntz HallPigGrace McDonaldGrace McDonaldNorene StewardBernard PunslyBernard PunslyApeGabriel DellGabriel DellStringEdward NorrisEdward NorrisClinkerVirginia BrissacVirginia BrissacMrs. BellTommy KellyTommy KellySteve

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