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1937·NR

Big City

So much of happiness and heart-break...drama and romance...set to the tune of a big city...glorified by two great stars...it will bring glowing memories for years to come!

Drama1h 20m

🍅55%

🍅

55%

Tomatometer

🍿

55%

Popcornmeter

7.7

TMDB

Storyline

Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob control and violence between cab companies.

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Big City

Details

DirectorFrank Borzage

ReleasedSep 3, 1937

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

$621K

Revenue

$1.6M

Parental guideNRUS

Studio

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast

Luise Rainer

Luise Rainer

Anna Benton

Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy

Joe Benton

Charley Grapewin

Charley Grapewin

Robert, the Mayor

Janet Beecher

Janet Beecher

Sophie Sloane

Eddie Quillan

Eddie Quillan

Mike Edwards

Victor Varconi

Victor Varconi

Paul Roya

Oscar O'Shea

Oscar O'Shea

John C. Andrews

Helen Troy

Helen Troy

Lola Johnson

William Demarest

William Demarest

Mr. Beecher

John Arledge

John Arledge

Buddy

Irving Bacon

Irving Bacon

Jim Sloane

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Danny Devlin

Where to watch(NG)

Stream

TCM

Reviews

3 reviews · 2 critics

0 fresh · 2 rotten

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Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy)

RTEsquire MagazineApr 21, 2020

Luise Rainer and Spencer Tracy in a noble try at a film about the life of a taxi-driver. Doesn't jell.

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Ann Ross

RTMaclean's MagazineJul 22, 2019

The impression one receives is that the author first got the notion of getting all these sporting celebrities together, and then made up his story.

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Information

Title

Big City

Released

Sep 3, 1937

Rated

NR

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 20m

Status

Released

Studio

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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