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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.

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Top billed cast

Ralph ByrdJimmy O'Brien
Virginia ValeBetty Collins
William HalliganWarden Collins
Dick RichTom Barnes
Herbert RawlinsonDistrict Attorney
Cecil WestonMrs. Briggs
Tom HerbertCarnation Charlie
Stubby KrugerDynamite (as Harold Kruger)
Frank HagneyButch
Jack BuckleyWindy

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