Humphrey Bogart
Joseph "Duke" Berne
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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.
The Big Shot: Directed by Lewis Seiler. With Humphrey Bogart, Irene Manning, Richard Travis, Susan Peters. Fearing life in prison for a fourth offense, convict Duke Berne pulls out of an armored car robbery, planned by his crooked lawyer, but he is framed for the robbery anyway.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Lewis Seiler
- 1942-06-13
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- 82 min
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- Humphrey Bogart Legend
In a prison hospital ward, dying gangster Duke Berne tells Warden Booth and two young people, George Anderson and Ruth Carter, the story of his recent past: Knowing that as a three time loser, he will be sentenced to life in prison if he is arrested again, Duke decides to go straight.
- Lewis Seiler, Art Lueker, Harold Winston
- 1 min
- Humphrey Bogart
Overview. 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.
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. This was the last film in which former supporting player Bogart, who had finally reached stardom with High Sierra (1940) and The Maltese Falcon (1941), would portray a gangster.
The Big Shot. Repeat offender Duke Berne (Humphrey Bogart) reluctantly agrees to go along with the robbery scheme of unscrupulous lawyer Martin Fleming (Stanley Ridges) when he realizes that...
- Crime, Drama
