The Big Guy

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

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 (1939-12-22) (United States)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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]