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Angels Over Broadway

Angels Over Broadway1940

★5.979 minDramaCrime

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.

Director

Ben Hecht Lee Garmes

Writer

Score

Stars

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Rita Hayworth Thomas Mitchell

Cast39

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
as Bill O'Brien
Rita Hayworth
as Nina Barona
Thomas Mitchell
as Gene Gibbons
John Qualen
as Charles Engle
G
George Watts
as Joseph Hopper
R
Ralph Theodore
as Dutch Enright
E
Eddie Foster
as Louie Artino
J
Jack Roper
as Eddie Burns
Constance Worth
as Sylvia Marbe
Harry Antrim
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
as Rennick (uncredited)
Richard Bond
as Stevie - Sylvia's Escort (uncredited)
J
Jack Carr
as Tony (uncredited)
J
James Conaty
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
F
Frank Conlan
as Joe (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
as Pawn Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
C
Catherine Courtney
as Miss Karpin (uncredited)
C
Carmen D'Antonio
as Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
T
Tommy Dixon
as Checkroom Boy (uncredited)
Edward Earle
as Vincent - Headwaiter (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
C
Caroline Frasher
as Street Walker (uncredited)
R
Roger Gray
as Gambler (uncredited)
Carlton Griffin
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Ben Hecht
as Man in Night Court (uncredited)
A
Art Howard
as Night Court Judge (uncredited)
J
Jerry Jerome
as Gambler (uncredited)
W
William Lally
as Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
P
Patricia Maier
as Girl (uncredited)
Blanche Payson
as Large Woman (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
A
Al Rhein
as Gambler (uncredited)
Walter Sande
as Lunch Wagon Counterman (uncredited)
Cy Schindell
as Jack (uncredited)
Harry Strang
as Gambler (uncredited)
F
Fred Sweeney
as Mr. Hugo (uncredited)
John Tyrrell
as 2nd Waiter (uncredited)
Billy Wayne
as Second Cabby (uncredited)

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