The Big Shot (1942)
Director: Lewis Seiler
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Tired gangster movie covering much the same ground as the infinitely superior High Sierra from the previous year. Bogart is fine as the three-time loser trying to go straight, framed back into jail, and breaking out again to meet his doom, but the film goes downhill around him.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Lewis Seiler
Producer: Walter MacEwen
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Irene Manning, Richard Travis, Susan Peters, Stanley Ridges, Minor Watson, Chick Chandler, Howard da Silva full cast
Genre(s): Gangsters
Duration: 82 mins
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