Sin Town is a 1942 American Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Constance Bennett, Broderick Crawford and Patric Knowles.[1] It is set during the Texas Oil Boom of the early 20th century. The trio of Director Enright, Crawford, and Gwynne collaborated on another film the same year, "Men of Texas," which also revolves, to some extent, around the newspaper industry.[2]

Sin Town
Directed byRay Enright
Written byRichard Brooks
Gerald Geraghty
Scott Darling
Produced byGeorge Waggner
StarringConstance Bennett
Broderick Crawford
Patric Knowles
Anne Gwynne
CinematographyGeorge Robinson
Edited byEdward Curtiss
Music byHans J. Salter
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Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • September 25, 1942 (1942-09-25)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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In 1910, Laura Kirby is the editor of a local newspaper in a frontier town. She finds herself at odds with the devious Dude McNair and his accomplice, Kye Allen. The duo quickly embeds themselves in the town's sole gambling hub after forcibly ousting its owner, Rock Delaney. Nonetheless, Delaney, backed by his crew, makes a comeback, prompting McNair and Allen to seek opportunities elsewhere.

Cast

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Production

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According to the New York Times on July 31, 1942, Universal has signed Constance Bennett to play the feminine lead in Sin Town, a story of an oil-boom community, and the movie originally was planned for Marlene Dietrich. The cast included Broderick Crawford, Andy Devine and Leo Carrillo.

References

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  1. ^ Kellow p.250
  2. ^ Langman, Larry (2009). The Media in the Movies. p. 832.

Bibliography

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  • Kellow, Brian. The Bennetts: An Acting Family. University Press of Kentucky, 2004.
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