Mug Town Explained

Mug Town
Director:Ray Taylor
Producer:Ken Goldsmith
Starring:Billy Halop
Huntz Hall
Grace McDonald
Cinematography:Jack MacKenzie
Editing:Edward Curtiss
Distributor:Universal Pictures
Runtime:60 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Mug Town is a 1942 Universal film starring the Dead End Kids and the Little Tough Guys.[1]

Plot

Steve, Tommy, Pig, Ape, and String get chased out of town. During their attempt to hop onto a freight car, Steve dies. The other boys go and tell Alice, Steve's mother about what happened. This leads to Tommy getting a job in the storage facility which she co-owns with Mack. Don, Steve's brother, also works there and Tommy learns that he is working for gangsters by informing them of when valuable items are available to be stolen. The other boys learn of Don's plans to make Tommy as the "fall-guy" during the next job and set about to stop him.

Cast

Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys

Additional cast

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hayes . David . The Films of the Bowery Boys . 1982 . The Citadel Press . Secaucus, NJ . 978-0806509310 . 50.