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Big City Blues (1932)

63 min · Drama, crime film, drama film

Popularity2.5/5
12-month trend1.5k211Expand

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1.5k02025-09: 211 views2025-10: 216 views2025-11: 238 views2025-12: 232 views2026-01: 317 views2026-02: 1,498 views2026-03: 1,318 views2026-04: 345 views2026-05: 244 views2026-06: 232 views2026-07: 228 views2026-08: 293 views
Sep211Oct216Nov238Dec232Jan317Feb1.5kMar1.3kApr345May244Jun232Jul228Aug293

2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Mervyn LeRoy

Cast

Joan Blondell, Eric Linden, Jobyna Howland, Ned Sparks

The story

Bud Reeves is a naive young man who lives in a small town in Indiana. After inheriting $1,100 ($ today) from his aunt, he decides to use the money to move to New York City to find a job and start a new life. His dog Duke follows him to the railroad station, and the station agent says he will take care of the pup but only as a loan, because he is certain that Bud will return home in a month or less, having spent some time in the city himself and being well aware how tough life can be there.

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Black-and-white

Genres

Drama, crime film, drama film

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