- Country: USA
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Release: 1942-06-13
- Director: Lewis Seiler
- Writers: Bertram Millhauser , Abem Finkel , Daniel Fuchs
- Language: English
- Stars: Humphrey Bogart , Irene Manning , Richard Travis , Susan Peters , Stanley Ridges , Minor Watson , Chick Chandler , Joe Downing , Howard Da Silva , Murray Alper
- Runtime: 82 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Jag var en gangster (Sweden) , Herttua palaa jälleen (Finland) , Friheten er min fiende (Norway) , Boevenbiecht (Belgium) , Isovia desma (Greece) , Marele gangster (Romania) , The Big Shot (Canada) , Voltando ao Passado (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Важная шишка , The Big Shot (Japan) , O Manda-Chuva (Brazil) , Ισόβια δεσμά (Greece) , Confession d'un forçat (Belgium) , Der große Gangster , El amo del arrabal (Mexico) , The Big Shot (United Kingdom) , Kapløb med døden (Denmark) , Le caïd (France, French Republic) , El amo del arrabal (Chile) , The Big Shot , De geweldenaar (Netherlands the) , The Big Shot (United States of America) , Der große Gangster (Austria) , Un gángster sin destino (Spain) , Il terrore di Chicago (Italy) , El terror de Chicago (Venezuela) , El gran golpe (Spain)
- Plot: Three time loser Duke Berne risks life in prison with one more armored car robbery. His attorney's wife Lorna, Berne's old sweetheart, keeps him from it but he goes to jail anyway. Duke and Lorna get some time together again after he stages a prison break, but if he stays with her his old friend George will have to take the rap for killing one of the guards.
- IMDB:tt0034513
The Big Shot Cast · · · ALL
Lewis Seiler
Director
Humphrey Bogart
Joseph 'Duke' Berne
Irene Manning
Lorna Fleming
Richard Travis
George Anderson
Susan Peters
Ruth Carter
Stanley Ridges
Martin T. Fleming, Attorney
Minor Watson
Warden George Booth
Chick Chandler
Frank 'Dancer' Smith
Joe Downing
Frenchy
Howard Da Silva
Sandor
Murray Alper
Quinto, a Convict
Roland Drew
Faye
John Ridgely
Tim
Joe King
Prosecutor Toohey
John Hamilton
Judge
Virginia Brissac
Mrs. Booth
Eleanor Parker
Telephone Operator (voice)
Frank Mayo
Doctor (uncredited)