This is not a classic or anything but if you enjoy murder mysteries from the 30s, I'm sure you'll have a good time with this one. Small Town Girl, Big City Murder (TV Episode) Details. Often in murder mysteries of the 30s and 40s, the police seem to act largely with impunity, arresting people with little or no evidence and holding them like a conviction was a foregone conclusion. Shadow of Doubt (TV Series) Small Town Girl, Big City Murder. A 22-year-old woman moves from a small town in Arkansas to St.

Lots of talk about rights and not having enough evidence to hold someone without arresting them. The film features song performances by Nat King Cole. Bobby Van performed the memorable 'Street Dance', in which he hopped all around town. Busby Berkeley choreographed several dance numbers. It was interesting to see how differently this movie handled some of the procedural aspects of the law. Small Town Girl is a 1953 musical film directed by Lszl Kardos and starring Jane Powell, Farley Granger, and Ann Miller. However, here Toomey shines and delivers some of the movie's best lines. Imagine Dick Powell without the personality. Toomey was a rather static actor I've never been terribly impressed with in other films of his I've seen. Great character actors like Edward Brophy, Arthur Byron, Ivan Simpson, and Samuel Hinds. As is usually the case in these types of movies, the supporting cast makes the picture. Bruce's character is a bit insufferable though. She sets out to solve the murder so that her nephew Cortez can marry Virginia Bruce (beautiful, as always). That would be masculine Constance Collier, here wearing a bad white wig and looking positively like a drag queen. Ricardo Cortez is the male lead but he's not the real star. Fun murder mystery helped greatly by delightful cast.

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