Angels Over Broadway

1940 PG-13 1h 19m

5.9 / 10 31

RATING

5.9/10

YOUR RATING

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

Writers

Ben Hecht

Stars

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Rita Hayworth Thomas Mitchell

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin

Rennick (uncredited)

Richard Bond

Stevie - Sylvia's Escort (uncredited)

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Pawn Shop Proprietor (uncredited)

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Catherine Courtney

Miss Karpin (uncredited)

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Carmen D'Antonio

Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)

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Tommy Dixon

Checkroom Boy (uncredited)

Edward Earle

Vincent - Headwaiter (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Caroline Frasher

Street Walker (uncredited)

Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Ben Hecht

Man in Night Court (uncredited)

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Art Howard

Night Court Judge (uncredited)

Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold

Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

Large Woman (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Lunch Wagon Counterman (uncredited)

Mr. Hugo (uncredited)

John Tyrrell

2nd Waiter (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

Second Cabby (uncredited)

Drama Crime

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User Reviews 2

talisencrw 2 May 2016

8/10

This was a fun watch, included in my oddly-titled yet truly economical Mill Creek 'Classic Romances' 8-pack, which I purchased because I love old movies and it was only $10. Though if you really stretch the definition of 'romance', the designation fits, that aspect is but a very minor component of this, and the other films', workings. The 2-time Oscar winner (both wins, and all six nominations, we...

John Chard 26 Sep 2014

8/10

No demons, just excellently written angels. Produced, directed and written by Ben Hecht, Angels Over Broadway is a film that I personally hadn't heard of until it showed up on one of the British Freeview stations this last week. The first thing what surprised was the bona fide classy cast list, Mr Charm himself, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Miss Beautiful 1940, Rita Hayworth, Mr Ever Watchable, Thomas...