Broadway Big Shot (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 ShotDrama
Cast
- Ralph Byrd — Jimmy O'Brien
- Virginia Vale — Betty Collins
- William Halligan — Warden Collins
- Dick Rich — Tom Barnes
- Herbert Rawlinson — District Attorney
- Cecil Weston — Mrs. Briggs
- Tom Herbert — Carnation Charlie
- Stubby Kruger — Dynamite (as Harold Kruger)
- Frank Hagney — Butch
- Jack Buckley — Windy
- Harry Depp — Ben Marlo
- Jack Roper — Nipper
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