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The Big Guy
The Big Guy
Directed by	Arthur Lubin
Written by	Lester Cole
Produced by	Burt Kelly
Starring	Victor McLaglen; Jackie Cooper
Cinematography	Elwood Bredell
Edited by	Philip Cahn
Music by	Hans J. Salter; Frank Skinner
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	December 22, 1939 (United States);
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Big Guy is a 1939 American drama crime film directed by Arthur Lubin starring Victor McLaglen and Jackie Cooper.^[1]^[2]

Plot

A prison warden (Victor McLaglen) can either keep loot for his family or save an innocent youth (Jackie Cooper) condemned to die.

Cast

Victor McLaglen as Warden Bill Whitlock
Jackie Cooper as Jimmy Hutchins
Ona Munson as Mary Whitlock
Peggy Moran as Joan Lawson
Edward Brophy as Dippy
Jonathan Hale as Jack Lang
Russell Hicks as Lawson
Wallis Clark as District Attorney
Alan Davis as Joe
Murray Alper as Williams
Edward Pawley as Buckhart
George McKay as Buzz Miller

Production

Universal had been looking for a project to team Victor McLaglen and Jackie Cooper for some months. This was the script chosen. It was originally called No Power On Earth and it was announced in September 1939.^[3]^[4]

Filming started in October 1939 and ended in November.^[5] Lubin's work on the film got him the job of Black Friday which started shooting in December.^[6]

References

^ 'The big guy'. (1940, Feb 23). The Christian Science Monitor
^ Vagg, Stephen (14 September 2019). "The Cinema of Arthur Lubin". Diabolique Magazine.
^ DRAMA: Dramatic Subject to Star McLaglen, Cooper Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times26 Sep 1939: A17.
^ SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD New York Times 26 Sep 1939: 29
^ DRAMA: Taylor Gets Plum Role of Alexander Hamilton Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 15 Nov 1939: A12.
^ DRAMA: Orson Welles to Star in 'Smiler With Knife' Los Angeles Times 14 Dec 1939: 13.