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The Big Shot

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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 Fleming's wife is his ex-flame Lorna (Irene Manning). Lorna talks Duke out of taking part, but, after the robbery goes bad, a corrupt witness fingers Duke as one of the gunmen. Fleming provides the innocent George Anderson (Richard Travis) to create an alibi for Duke, but soon the double-crossing begins.

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Yasser Medina Cinefilia Its opening is more or less engaging when Bogart holds his cigarette like a gangster on the run reminiscing about the past, but as an exercise in film noir it loses its intrigue effect in predictables situations that go nowhere. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 6/10 Jan 31, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D Bogart is great but it is just too dark and depressing for me. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/20/24 Full Review Carolyn C Bogart at his best as a nice bad guy Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis 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 Fleming's wife is his ex-flame Lorna (Irene Manning). Lorna talks Duke out of taking part, but, after the robbery goes bad, a corrupt witness fingers Duke as one of the gunmen. Fleming provides the innocent George Anderson (Richard Travis) to create an alibi for Duke, but soon the double-crossing begins.
Director
Lewis Seiler
Producer
Walter MacEwen
Screenwriter
Bertram Millhauser, Abem Finkel, Daniel Fuchs
Production Co
Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 22m