Broadway Big Shot
{{short description|1942 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Broadway Big Shot
| image = Broadway Big Shot.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = William Beaudine
| producer = Jed Buell
| writer = Martin Mooney
| starring = Ralph Byrd
| cinematography = Jack Greenhalgh
| editing =
| distributor = Producers Releasing Corporation
| released = {{Film date|1942|2|6}}
| runtime = 59 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Broadway Big Shot is a 1942 American drama film directed by William Beaudine.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/86035/Broadway-Big-Shot/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108125950/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/86035/Broadway-Big-Shot/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 8, 2014 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |author=Sandra Brennan |date=2014 |title=Broadway Big Shot |access-date=December 22, 2013 }}
Plot
A reporter confesses to a crime in order to get into prison for an interview. Then he can't get out.{{cite web |title=Broadway Big Shot |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/broadway-big-shot/2030116687/ |website=tvguide.com |access-date=July 3, 2021}}
Cast
- Ralph Byrd as Jimmy O'Brien
- Virginia Vale as Betty Collins
- William Halligan as Warden Collins
- Dick Rich as Tom Barnes
- Herbert Rawlinson as District Attorney
- Cecil Weston as Mrs. Briggs
- Tom Herbert as Carnation Charlie
- Stubby Kruger as Dynamite (as Harold Kruger)
- Frank Hagney as Butch
- Jack Buckley as Windy
- Harry Depp as Ben Marlo
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0034550|Broadway Big Shot}}
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Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by William Beaudine
Category:Producers Releasing Corporation films
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