The Big City

The Big City (1956)Stream and Watch Online

Movie"For the citizen whose tax dollar runs The Big City. This is the story of what he buys."

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Released January 1st, 1956, 'The Big City' stars The movie has a runtime of about 24 min, and received a user score of (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from knowledgeable users.

Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "St. Louis’s annual report to taxpayers. The Big City visually illustrated how tax dollars were put to good use and was considered a “graphic, fluent and compact documentary” by Howard Thompson. Note: Sixteen prints were made for exhibition by schools, civic organizations, and church groups. For more on the filmmaker, see Shelby Coffey III, “Politics as an Art Form: Guggenheim and the Movies,” Washington Post, Feb. 9, 1969, 262." .

'The Big City' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on January 1st, 1956