- Country: USA
- Genres: Crime, Drama
- Release: 1947-05-23
- Director: William C. Thomas
- Writers: Daniel Mainwaring , Maxwell Shane
- Language: English
- Stars: Phillip Reed , Hillary Brooke , Robert Lowery , Veda Ann Borg , Byron Barr , Charles Arnt , Nana Bryant , Roy Gordon , Eddie Parks , Nella Walker
- Runtime: 60 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Big Town (Canada) , Escândalo que Mata (Brazil) , Guilty Assignment (United States of America) , Oraşul mare (Romania) , Big Town (Australia) , Big Town (New Zealand) , Nos Labirintos do Crime (Brazil) , Big Town (United States of America) , Big Town (United Kingdom) , Big Town
- Plot: The initial entry in the Pine-Thomas series based on the "Big Town" radio series finds Steve Wilson as a newly-hired managing editor brought on board to liven up "The Illustrated Press" newspaper. He runs into problems with two of the paper's star reporters, Lorelei Kilbourne and Pete Ryan, when his aggressive demands that they employ a yellow journalism type of reporting to build circulation, and they both resign to work for another newspaper. Wilson begins to realize that while his type of journalism does build circulation, it has also brought ruin and disgrace to some innocent victims. Lorelei and Pete are brought back by Wilson with his promise that "The Illustrated Press" will become a crusader against evil.
- IMDB:tt0039186
Big Town Cast · · · ALL
William C. Thomas
Director
Phillip Reed
Steve Wilson
Hillary Brooke
Lorelei Kilbourne
Robert Lowery
Pete Ryan
Veda Ann Borg
Vivian LeRoy
Byron Barr
Vance Crane
Charles Arnt
Amos Peabody
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Crane
Roy Gordon
Editor Post
Eddie Parks
Gerald Meeker, theater cashier
Nella Walker
Mrs. Johannsen, victim's mother
Thomas E. Jackson
Police Chief Berkley
Fred Aldrich
Cop (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
Miss Lovelace (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers
Witness (uncredited)
Harry Cheshire
Police Chief Masters (uncredited)
Frank Fenton
Fletcher (uncredited)
Blake Edwards
(I)
(1922–2010)
Nixon-Reporter (uncredited)
Keith Richards
Man in Bar (uncredited)
Will Wright
(I)
(1894–1962)
Station Agent (uncredited)
Leander De Cordova
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
John Dehner
Willard Erskine (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
Mac- Policeman (uncredited)
Ben Erway
Harris (uncredited)
Sam Flint
Newsman (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
Roustabout (uncredited)