Rivalry between two gangs of thieves. The sympathetic group reforms; the others are brought to justice.
The Verdict: A Lean Underworld Drama for Chaney CompletistsIf you come to The Big City expecting the grotesque transformations or gothic horror usually associated with the Tod Browning and Lon Chaney partnership, you might be disappointed. There are no capes, no missing limbs, and no heavy prosthetics here. Instead, wh...
still_frame
publicity
still_frame
still_frame
publicity
production_art
still_frame
publicity
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Tod Browning
Tod Browning
Community
Log in to comment.
"The Verdict: A Lean Underworld Drama for Chaney CompletistsIf you come to The Big City expecting the grotesque transformations or gothic horror usually associated with the Tod Browning and Lon Chaney partnership, you might be disappointed. There are no capes, no missing limbs, and no heavy prosthetics here. Instead, what we get is a surprisingly modern, hard-boiled crime flick that feels like a precursor to the gritty Warner Bros. gangster films of the early thirties. Is it worth watching today?..."
Nora Cecil
Waldemar Young, Joseph Farnham, Tod Browning
United States
