The Big Shot

Year: 1942

Runtime: 82 mins

Language: English

Director: Lewis Seiler

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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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