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Angels Over Broadway
Angels Over Broadway
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Angels Over Broadway

1940
1h 19m
Drama
Crime

Status

Released

Release

1940

Runtime

1h 19m

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Storyline

"A Romance Born Between Dusk and Dawn"

Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife. Deciding on suicide, he scribbles a note, stuffs it in his pocket and goes for one last night on the town. He is pulled into a poker game by conman Bill O'Brien and singer Nina Barone, but when they discover the dropped note, they resolve to turn the tables, get Engle his $3,000 and save his life.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 19m
Oct 2, 1940
Languages
English
Director
Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht
Lee Garmes
Production
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

39 Cast Members

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Bill O'Brien

Rita Hayworth

Rita Hayworth

Nina Barona

Thomas Mitchell

Thomas Mitchell

Gene Gibbons

John Qualen

John Qualen

Charles Engle

George Watts

Joseph Hopper

Ralph Theodore

Dutch Enright

Eddie Foster

Louie Artino

Jack Roper

Eddie Burns

Constance Worth

Constance Worth

Sylvia Marbe

Harry Antrim

Harry Antrim

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin

Walter Baldwin

Rennick (uncredited)

Richard Bond

Richard Bond

Stevie - Sylvia's Escort (uncredited)

Jack Carr

Tony (uncredited)

James Conaty

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Frank Conlan

Joe (uncredited)

Jimmy Conlin

Jimmy Conlin

Pawn Shop Proprietor (uncredited)

Catherine Courtney

Miss Karpin (uncredited)

Carmen D'Antonio

Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)

Tommy Dixon

Checkroom Boy (uncredited)

Edward Earle

Edward Earle

Vincent - Headwaiter (uncredited)

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