Angels Over Broadway

Name: Angels Over Broadway
Director: Ben Hecht
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1940-10-02
Duration: 79 min
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell, John Qualen, George Watts

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1940 · 79 min · NR · Drama · Crime · TMDB 5.9/10

Overview

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.

Directed by Ben Hecht

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. — Bill O'Brien
Rita Hayworth — Nina Barona
Thomas Mitchell — Gene Gibbons
John Qualen — Charles Engle
George Watts — Joseph Hopper