Movie Description
Angels Over Broadway
(1940)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Ben Hecht,Lee Garmes
- Producer : Ben Hecht
- Writer : Ben Hecht
- Editor : Gene Havlick
- Cast : Douglas Fairbanks Jr.,Rita Hayworth,Thomas Mitchell,John Qualen,George Watts,Ralph Theodore,Eddie Foster,Jack Roper,Constance Worth,Harry Antrim,Walter Baldwin,Richard Bond,Jack Carr,James Conaty,Frank Conlan,Jimmy Conlin,Catherine Courtney,Carmen D'Antonio,Tommy Dixon,Edward Earle,Bess Flowers,Caroline Frasher,Roger Gray,Carlton Griffin,Ben Hecht,Art Howard,Jerry Jerome,William Lally,Ethelreda Leopold,Patricia Maier,Blanche Payson,Lee Phelps,Al Rhein,Walter Sande,Cy Schindell,Harry Strang,Fred Sweeney,John Tyrrell,Billy Wayne
Cast
Bill O'Brien
Nina Barona
Gene Gibbons
Charles Engle
Joseph Hopper
Dutch Enright
Louie Artino
Eddie Burns
Sylvia Marbe
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Rennick (uncredited)
Stevie - Sylvia's Escort (uncredited)
Tony (uncredited)
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Joe (uncredited)
Pawn Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Miss Karpin (uncredited)
Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
Checkroom Boy (uncredited)
Vincent - Headwaiter (uncredited)
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Street Walker (uncredited)
Gambler (uncredited)
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Man in Night Court (uncredited)
Night Court Judge (uncredited)
Gambler (uncredited)
Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Girl (uncredited)
Large Woman (uncredited)
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Gambler (uncredited)
Lunch Wagon Counterman (uncredited)
Jack (uncredited)
Gambler (uncredited)
Mr. Hugo (uncredited)
2nd Waiter (uncredited)
Second Cabby (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleAngels Over Broadway
Status Released
Release Information
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1940-10-02
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 19m
Production CompaniesColumbia Pictures
Genres
- Drama
- Crime
