The Big Shot (1942)
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Synopsis of The Big Shot
Just because Humphrey Bogart had been promoted to the A-list by way of The Maltese Falcon (1941), that didn't mean that he was completely free of such minor potboilers as The Big Shot. Bogart stars as mob leader Duke Berne, a three-time loser who tries in vain to reorganize his old gang upon being sprung from prison. Falling in love with Lorna Fleming (Irene Manning), the wife of crooked attorney Martin Fleming (Stanley Ridges), Berne ends up back behind bars for life, thanks to the vengeful Fleming's courtroom chicanery. Escaping during a prison variety show (dominated by Chick Chandler as an incarcerated blackface comedian), Berne makes a beeline for Lorna, who deserted the duplicitous Fleming when the latter railroaded an innocent young man into jail. Hoping to find happiness in a remote mountain hideaway, Berne ultimately realizes that he's no good for Lorna and spends the rest of the picture atoning for past sins. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of The Big Shot
- Humphrey Bogart - Duke Berne
- Richard Travis - George Anderson
- Stanley Ridges - Martin Fleming
- Chick Chandler - Dancer
- Murray Alper - Quinto
- John Ridgely - Tim
- John Hamilton - Judge
- William Edmunds - Sarto
- Wallace Scott - Rusty
- Ken Christy - Kat
- Irene Manning - Lorna Fleming
- Susan Peters - Ruth Carter
- Minor Watson - Warden Booth
- Howard Da Silva - Sandor
- Roland Drew - Faye
- Joseph King - Toohey
- Virginia Brissac - Mrs. Booth
- Virginia Sale - Mrs. Miggs
- Ray Teal - Motorcycle cop
- Joseph J. Dowling - Frenchy
- Director(s):
- Lewis Seiler
- Writer(s):
- Daniel Fuchs, Bertram Millhauser, Abem Finkel
- Producer(s):
- Walter MacEwen
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