Little Big Shot
Little Big Shot is a 1935 American film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Sybil Jason and Glenda Farrell. The film was released by Warner Bros. on September 7, 1935. The plot concerns a young girl who endears herself to her caretakers after her father is murdered by mobsters.
Plot
Mortimer Thompson and Steve Craig are a pair of sidewalk confidence men working Broadway one step ahead of the police selling phony watches. Broke, they arrange to have dinner with Gibbs, an old friend, thinking that he will help them with some money. However, Gibbs is broke as well and thinks that Steve and Mortimer can help him. Gibbs and his young daughter Gloria are hiding from notorious gangster Kell Norton. After Steve, Mortimer, Gibbs and Gloria finish their dinner, Gibbs is shot and killed by Norton's men as the group leaves the restaurant. Steve and Mortimer flee, hastily leaving Gloria behind. Despite Mortimer's protestations, Steve convinces him to go back for the girl.
More details
| author | Jerry Wald Jervis Wald Julius J. Epstein |
|---|---|
| director | Michael Curtiz |
| editor | Jack Killifer |
| genre | crime |
| keywords | broadway crap hide kill old friend think win young daughter |
| musicBy | Heinz Eric Roemheld |
| producer | Samuel Bischoff |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |