Broadway Big Shot

Broadway Big Shot

63 mins | Drama | Feb. 6, 1942

This drama chronicles the extreme measures taken by a determined young crime reporter to get an interview with a notorious convict. The zealous journalist, also a star quarterback on the town college team, decides to become a convict himself. He gets into the prison, becomes president of the prisoners' union, does his interview, successfully woo's the warden's daughter, and gets out in time to publish his story before anyone else does. His career is off to a tremendous start.

Broadway Big Shot

63 mins | Drama | Feb. 6, 1942

Broadway Big Shot
This drama chronicles the extreme measures taken by a determined young crime reporter to get an interview with a notorious convict. The zealous journalist, also a star quarterback on the town college team, decides to become a convict himself. He gets into the prison, becomes president of the prisoners' union, does his interview, successfully woo's the warden's daughter, and gets out in time to publish his story before anyone else does. His career is off to a tremendous start.
Producers Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC)
Original title Broadway Big Shot
Directors William Beaudine
Writers Martin Mooney

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

Jack Roper

as Nipper

Al Goldsmith

as Coffee Cake George

John Ince

as Judge Scott

Joe Oakie

as Sneaky

Alfred Hall

as Dr. Williams

Jimmy Aubrey

as Orderly

Richard Cramer

as Reilly

Jack Cheatham

as Tim

Jack Perrin

as Ed