The Big Shot is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Edward Killy from a screenplay by Arthur T. Horman and Bert Granet, based on a story by Lawrence Pohle and Thomas Ahearn.

The film stars Guy Kibbee, Cora Witherspoon, Dorothy Moore, and Russell Hicks.

When he inherits a large estate and fortune from an unknown relative, he wants to continue living in the small town.

His wife, Elizabeth, has other plans, wanting to see their daughter, Peggy, enter into high society in the city where Bertram's relative (an uncle) used to live.

[5] Motion Picture Daily was slightly more positive, also calling the film amusing, but felt the plot had several interesting twists, and praised Edward Killey's direction.