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The Big Shot (1942) [NR]

Featuring:
Humphrey Bogart, Irene Manning, Richard Travis

Written by:
Bertram Millhauser
Abem Finkel
Daniel Fuchs

Directed by:
Lewis Seiler


Release Date:
June 13, 1942

Original Title:
The Big Shot

Genres:
Crime | Drama

Production Companies:
Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 82

HUMPHREY BOGART as the Last of the Racket Barons... the Big Shot of 'em all!

Overview from TheMovieDB

Duke Berne, former big shot but now a three-time loser, fears returning to crime because a fourth conviction will mean a life sentence. Finally, haunted by his past and goaded by his cohorts, he joins in planning an armoured car robbery.

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Overview from Open Movies

Three time loser Duke Berne risks life in prison with one more armored car robbery. His attorney's wife Lorna, Berne's old sweetheart, keeps him from it but he goes to jail anyway. Duke and Lorna get some time together again after he stages a prison break, but if he stays with her his old friend George will have to take the rap for killing one of the guards.

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The Big Shot (1942) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.7/10

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Production

Additional Music:
Bernhard Kaun

Art Direction:
John Hughes

Assistant Director:
Arthur Lueker

Costume Design:
Milo Anderson

Director:
Lewis Seiler

Director of Photography:
Sidney Hickox

Editor:
Jack Killifer

Makeup Artist:
Perc Westmore

Music Director:
Leo F. Forbstein

Orchestrator:
Jerome Moross

Original Music Composer:
Adolph Deutsch

Producer:
Walter MacEwen

Sound:
Stanley Jones

Stunts:
Harvey Parry
Allen Pomeroy
Audrey Scott

Writer:
Bertram Millhauser
Abem Finkel
Daniel Fuchs

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