Big Town Czar is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Arthur Lubin starring Barton MacLane and Tom Brown.

[1][2] New York City newspaper columnist Ed Sullivan relates the story of crime boss Phil Daley's rise and fall.

Danny bribes a prizefighter to take a dive, costing rival gangster Mike Luger a lot of money in bets.

Danny ends up dead, and Phil needs to lie low because Luger's looking for him, too.

He manages to kill Luger, but ends up arrested, convicted and sentenced to die.