The Big Shot (1942 film)
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| Directed by | Lewis Seiler |
| Written by | Bertram Millhauser Abem Finkel Daniel Fuchs |
| Produced by | Walter MacEwen |
| Starring | Humphrey Bogart Irene Manning |
| Cinematography | Sid Hickox |
| Edited by | Jack Killifer |
| Music by | Adolph Deutsch |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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.)[1]
Even though The Big Shot went into production after Across the Pacific, it was released nearly three months earlier.[1] 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 1941's crime drama, High Sierra.[2] It was released on DVD for the first time by Warner Archive early in 2015.[3]
Cast
- 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
- Minor Watson as Warden George Booth
- Chick Chandler as Frank "Dancer" Smith
- Joe Downing as Frenchy (as Joseph Downing)
- Howard Da Silva as Sandor
- Murray Alper as Quinto
- Roland Drew as Faye
- John Ridgely as Tim
- Joe King as Prosecutor Toohey (as Joseph King)
- John Hamilton as Judge
- Virginia Brissac as Mrs. Booth
- William Edmunds as Sarto
- Virginia Sale as Mrs. Miggs
- Ken Christy as Kat
- Wallace Scott as Rusty
References
- ^ a b Nollen, Scott Allen (2007). Warners Wiseguys: All 112 Films That Robinson, Cagney and Bogart Made for the Studio. McFarland. p. 317. ISBN 9780786432622. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ McCarty, John (2009). Bullets Over Hollywood: The American Gangster Picture From The Silents To ""The Sopranos"". Da Capo Press. p. 170. ISBN 9780786738755. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ The Big Shot at Warner Archive
External links
- The Big Shot at IMDb
- The Big Shot at the TCM Movie Database
- The Big Shot at AllMovie
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