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The Big Shot (1942) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1942 · 82 mins · English
- Directed by
- Lewis Seiler
- Starring
- Humphrey Bogart, Howard Da Silva, Eleanor Parker, Murray Alper, John Ridgely, Irene Manning
HUMPHREY BOGART plays Duke Berne, once the top racketeer known as the “big shot” but now a three‑time loser. He avoids returning to crime because a fourth conviction would bring a life sentence, yet his haunted past and relentless pressure from old associates draw him into scheming an armored‑car robbery.
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