Sin Town (1942 film)

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 Martin "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 Slim 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 female lead Kye Allen 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. ==References==