Powder Town

Powder Town

DRAMA... with the drive of a demolition bomb!

1942 · 79 min · ★ 4.4 · Comedy, Drama

Director Rowland V. Lee's wacky 1942 comedy, about an absent-minded scientist working on a secret formula at an explosives plant, stars Edmond O'Brien, Victor McLaglen, Dorothy Lovett, June Havoc, Eddie Foy Jr., Marion Martin and Mary Gordon.

Directed by Rowland V. Lee · Written by David Boehm

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