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Roxie Hart
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7.0A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was judged for in 1927.
Released: 1942-02-2072 minDir: William A. WellmanComedy, Romance
Cast
- Ginger Rogers as Roxie Hart
- Adolphe Menjou as Billy Flynn
- George Montgomery as Homer Howard
- Lynne Overman as Jake Callahan
- Nigel Bruce as E. Clay Benham
- Phil Silvers as Babe
Themes
- chicago, illinois
- based on play or musical
- social satire
- female prisoner
- tap dance
- murder trial
- 1920s
- musical acts
- tabloid journalism
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
1,973 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
82%
- Year
- 1942
- Runtime
- 75 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- 1 win
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- musical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Chicago
- Main subject
- capital punishment
- Director
- William A. Wellman
- Screenwriter
- Nunnally Johnson
- Cast member
- George Chandler
- Composer
- Alfred Newman
- Producer
- Nunnally Johnson
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
- Cinematographer
- Leon Shamroy
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Duration
- 75
- FilmAffinity ID
- 364139
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Ginger Rogers as Roxie Hart 1942.jpg
Show 11 more facts
- publication date
- 1942-01-01
- title
- Roxie Hart
- choreographer
- Hermes Pan
- film editor
- James B. Clark
- production designer
- Richard Day
- after a work by
- Maurine Dallas Watkins
- color
- black-and-white
- costume designer
- Gwen Wakeling
- distributed by
- Netflix
- Commons category
- Roxie Hart (film)
- review score
- 82%
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