The Big Shot (1942)
June 13, 1942Release Date
The Big Shot (1942)
June 13, 1942Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Humphrey Bogart
Joseph 'Duke' Berne
Irene Manning
Lorna Fleming
Richard Travis
George Anderson
Susan Peters
Ruth Carter
Stanley Ridges
Martin T. Fleming, Attorney
Lewis Seiler
Director
Minor Watson
Warden George Booth
Chick Chandler
Frank 'Dancer' Smith
Bertram Millhauser
Writer
Joe Downing
Frenchy
Abem Finkel
Writer
Daniel Fuchs
Writer
Howard Da Silva
Sandor
Murray Alper
Quinto, a Convict
Walter MacEwen
Producer
Roland Drew
Faye
Adolph Deutsch
Composer
John Ridgely
Tim
Joe King
Prosecutor Toohey
John Hamilton
Judge
Virginia Brissac
Mrs. Booth
Eleanor Parker
Telephone Operator (voice)
Frank Mayo
Doctor (uncredited)
Stanley Jones
Sound
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 13, 1942
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 22m
Content RatingNR
Budget$417,000
Box Office$1,783,000
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Wiki.
The Big Shot (1942) is an American film noir crime drama film starring Humphrey Bogart as a crime boss and Irene Manning as the woman he falls in love with. Having finally reached stardom with such projects as The Maltese Falcon (1941), this would be the last film in which former supporting player Bogart would portray a gangster for Warner Bros. (He would play a gangster one last time in his penultimate film, The Desperate Hours, distributed by Paramount).Although The Big Shot entered production after Across the Pacific, it was released nearly three months
earlier. Considered one of Bogart's lesser-known works, contemporary reviews of The Big Shot describe it as an unexceptional throwback to his earlier gangster films, most likely trying to take advantage of the success of crime drama High Sierra (1941). It was released on DVD for the first time by Warner Archive early in 2015.