The Big Shot

(1942)

82 minutes

Crime Drama

Directed by Lewis Seiler

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 
Howard Da Silva as Sandor
Murray Alper as Quinto
Roland Drew as Faye
John Ridgely as Tim
Joe King as Prosecutor Toohey 
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

Duke Berne has been to prison three times and jeopardizes life in prison when he plans to steal another car. His attorney's wife Lorna used to be Berne's girlfriend and she holds him back from the robbery. He ends up in jail though and they find each other again after he escapes from prison. Their love is put on hold, for if they remain together, his old pal George will end up in jail for killing a prison guard, when he did not.