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The Big Boss

  • 1941
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  • 1h 10m
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Gloria Dickson, Otto Kruger, and John Litel in The Big Boss (1941)
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Although they are brothers, Frank and Bob Dugan are complete opposites: Frank is arrogant and anti-social, while Bob is a good boy, anxious to get ahead in the world. One day, the boys's fat... Read allAlthough they are brothers, Frank and Bob Dugan are complete opposites: Frank is arrogant and anti-social, while Bob is a good boy, anxious to get ahead in the world. One day, the boys's father, Sheriff Dugan, is killed while trying to capture an escaped convict. Now orphaned, th... Read allAlthough they are brothers, Frank and Bob Dugan are complete opposites: Frank is arrogant and anti-social, while Bob is a good boy, anxious to get ahead in the world. One day, the boys's father, Sheriff Dugan, is killed while trying to capture an escaped convict. Now orphaned, the boys are sent to live in separate homes. Frank runs away from his new home and is never ... Read all

  • Director
    • Charles Barton
  • Writer
    • Howard J. Green
  • Stars
    • Otto Kruger
    • Gloria Dickson
    • John Litel
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
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    • Director
      • Charles Barton
    • Writer
      • Howard J. Green
    • Stars
      • Otto Kruger
      • Gloria Dickson
      • John Litel
    • 3User reviews
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    Gloria Dickson, Otto Kruger, and John Litel in The Big Boss (1941)

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    Otto Kruger
    Otto Kruger
    • Jim Maloney
    Gloria Dickson
    Gloria Dickson
    • Sue Peters
    John Litel
    John Litel
    • Bob Dugan
    Don Beddoe
    Don Beddoe
    • Cliff Randall
    Robert Fiske
    Robert Fiske
    • George Fellows
    George Lessey
    George Lessey
    • Sen. Williams
    Joe Conti
    • Tony
    Ernie Adams
    Ernie Adams
    • Prisoner
    • (uncredited)
    Al Bridge
    Al Bridge
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Stanley Brown
    Stanley Brown
    • Radio Announcer
    • (uncredited)
    Ralph Dunn
    Ralph Dunn
    • Detective
    • (uncredited)
    Edmund Elton
    • Chief Justice
    • (uncredited)
    Roger Gray
    Roger Gray
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Kit Guard
    Kit Guard
    • One of the Chain Gang
    • (uncredited)
    George Hickman
    • Jimmie
    • (uncredited)
    Eddie Laughton
    • Robins
    • (uncredited)
    George McKay
    • Blake
    • (uncredited)
    Ted Oliver
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Charles Barton
    • Writer
      • Howard J. Green
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    5/10
    Who's To Be In Charge?
    Sheriff Ben Taggart is killed facing a lynch mob. He leaves two boys, one of whom grows up to be John Litel, lawyer, speechmaker, state legislator. Machine boss Otto Kruger offers him the governorship, with no strings attached. Litel takes it, and fights for anti-lynching laws, an end to the state chain gang, and the destruction of the money-driven political machine.

    It's fun to watch Litel and Kruger face off against each other, but there are peculiar rhytms to this Columbia programmer with its echoes of older, better known movies. It's straightforward and rather bloodless, even Litel's courtship of newspaperwoman Gloria Dickson. It's a result of its 70-minute runtime and the too-efficient direction of Charles Barton. Still, there's a nice twist in the movie, made startling by the movie's speed.
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    • Release date
      • April 28, 1941 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Wielki szef
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 10 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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