Angels over Broadway (1940)
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In the Ben Hecht-scripted Angels over Broadway. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. plays a poker hustler working in cahoots with good-time girl Rita Hayworth. Alcoholic playwright Thomas Mitchell, having saved embezzler John Qualen from suicide, decides to enter Fairbanks' high-stakes game, using Qualen as an easy-mark "bait." Mitchell's clever schemes to beat Fairbanks come acropper, but Fairbanks has a sudden change of heart and decides it's more fun to perform good deeds. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Rita Hayworth, (more)
- Director(s):
- Lee Garmes, Ben Hecht, (more)
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Angels over Broadway
In the Ben Hecht-scripted Angels over Broadway. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. plays a poker hustler working in cahoots with good-time girl Rita Hayworth. Alcoholic playwright Thomas Mitchell, having saved embezzler John Qualen from suicide, decides to enter Fairbanks' high-stakes game, using Qualen as an easy-mark "bait." Mitchell's clever schemes to beat Fairbanks come acropper, but Fairbanks has a sudden change of heart and decides it's more fun to perform good deeds. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 78 mins
Complete Cast of Angels over Broadway
- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. - Bill O'Brien
- Thomas Mitchell - Gene Gibbons
- George Watts - Hopper
- Eddie Foster - Louie Artino
- Constance Worth - Sylvia Marbe
- Harry Strang - Gambler
- Bill Lally - Doorman
- Frank Conlan - Joe
- Edward Earle - Headwaiter
- Harry Antrim - Court Clerk
- Jerry Jerome - Gambler
- John Tyrrell - Cabby
- Al Seymour - Jack
- Stanley Brown - Master of Ceremonies
- Jimmy Conlin - Pawn Shop Proprietor
- Walter Sande - Lunch Wagon Waiter
- Carlton Elliott Griffin - Waiter
- Carmen D'Antonio - Specialty Dancer
- Rita Hayworth - Nina Barona
- John Qualen - Charles Engle
- Ralph Theodore - Dutch Enright
- Jack Roper - Eddie Burns
- Roger Gray - Gambler
- Tommy Dixon - Checkroom Boy
- Catherine Courtney - Miss Karpin
- Al Rhein - Gambler
- Richard Bond - Sylvia's Escort
- Art Howard - Night Court Judge
- Patricia Maier - Girl
- Billy Wayne - Taxi Driver
- Blanche Payson - Large Woman
- Walter S. Baldwin - Rennick
- Ethelreda Leopold - Cigarette Girl
- Jack Carr - Tony
- Lee Phelps - Police Lieutenant
- Director(s):
- Lee Garmes, Ben Hecht
- Writer(s):
- Ben Hecht
- Producer(s):
- Ben Hecht
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR(Suitable for Children)
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