Big City Blues

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Big City Blues is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Gregory La Cava, following a naive young man who moves to New York City and becomes entangled in the city's nightlife and troubles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
drama film
film
pre-Code film
basedOn story "Young Man of Manhattan" by Ward Morehouse
blackAndWhite true
cinematographer Sidney Hickox
countryOfOrigin United States
director Gregory La Cava
distributor Warner Bros.
distributorCountry United States
editor Owen Marks
featuresActor Eric Linden
Humphrey Bogart
Joan Blondell
filmFormat 35 mm
follows naive young man who moves to New York City
genre drama
pre-Code drama
hasFilmRatingEra pre-Code Hollywood
hasTheme crime investigation
disillusionment
romance
small-town innocence vs. big-city corruption
hasTitleLanguage English
mainCastMember Eric Linden
Grant Mitchell
Guy Kibbee
Humphrey Bogart
Joan Blondell
Jobyna Howland
Lyle Talbot
Walter Catlett
mainCharacter Bud Reeves
linked to: Stuart Erwin
narrativeLocation Manhattan
originalLanguage English
partOfFilmMovement Classical Hollywood cinema
plotTheme crime and trouble in the big city
urban nightlife
producer Darryl F. Zanuck
Hal B. Wallis
productionCompany Warner Bros.
releaseDecade 1930s
releaseYear 1932
runtimeMinutes 70
screenwriter Luther Reed
setting New York City
timePeriodOfSetting early 1930s

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Gregory La Cava notableWork Big City Blues
Eric Linden notableWork Big City Blues