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Angels Over Broadway
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5.9Small-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.
Cast
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Bill O'Brien
- Rita Hayworth as Nina Barona
- Thomas Mitchell as Gene Gibbons
- John Qualen as Charles Engle
- George Watts as Joseph Hopper
- Ralph Theodore as Dutch Enright
Themes
- con man
- film noir
- playwright
- broadway
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- gambling
- Director
- Lee Garmes
- Screenwriter
- Ben Hecht
- Cast member
- Edward Earle
- Composer
- George Antheil
- Producer
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Lee Garmes
- Duration
- 79
- FilmAffinity ID
- 538152
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1940-01-01
- title
- Angels Over Broadway
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Gene Havlick
- color
- black-and-white
- review score
- 67%
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