Sin Town (1942 film)

Sin Town
Sin Town
Directed by	Ray Enright
Written by	Richard Brooks; Gerald Geraghty; Scott Darling
Produced by	George Waggner
Starring	Constance Bennett; Broderick Crawford; Patric Knowles; Anne Gwynne
Cinematography	George Robinson
Edited by	Edward Curtiss
Music by	Hans J. Salter
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	September 25, 1942;
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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]

Plot

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

Constance Bennett as Kye Allen
Broderick Crawford as Dude McNair
Patric Knowles as Wade Crowell
Anne Gwynne as Laura Kirby
Leo Carrillo as Angelo Collina
Andy Devine as 'Judge' Eustace Vale
Ward Bond as Rock Delaney
Arthur Aylesworth as Sheriff Bagby
Ralf Harolde as 'Kentucky'Jones
Charles Wagenheim as 'Dry-Hole'
Billy Wayne as Hollister
Hobart Bosworth as Humiston
Bryant Washburn as Anderson
Jack Mulhall as Hanson

Production

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.