The Big Shot
HUMPHREY BOGART as the Last of the Racket Barons... the Big Shot of 'em all!
6.1(25) 1942-06-13 82 minCrimeDrama
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.
DirectorLewis Seiler
WriterBertram Millhauser
WriterAbem Finkel
WriterDaniel Fuchs
ProducerWalter MacEwen
Original Music ComposerAdolph Deutsch
Cast & characters
Humphrey Bogart
as Joseph 'Duke' Berne
Irene Manning
as Lorna Fleming
Richard Travis
as George Anderson
Susan Peters
as Ruth Carter
Stanley Ridges
as Martin T. Fleming, Attorney
Minor Watson
as Warden George Booth
Chick Chandler
as Frank 'Dancer' Smith
Joe Downing
as Frenchy
Howard Da Silva
as Sandor
Murray Alper
as Quinto, a Convict
Roland Drew
as Faye
John Ridgely
as Tim
Joe King
as Prosecutor Toohey
John Hamilton
as Judge
Virginia Brissac
as Mrs. Booth
Eleanor Parker
as Telephone Operator (voice)
Frank Mayo
as Doctor (uncredited)
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Dorothy Kelly
as —
