Angels Over Broadway
“A Romance Born Between Dusk and Dawn”
1940•NR•1h 19m•5.9•Released
DramaCrime
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
Writer
Ben Hecht
Languages
English
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Cast
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Bill O'Brien
Rita Hayworth
Nina Barona
Thomas Mitchell
Gene Gibbons
John Qualen
Charles Engle
George Watts
Joseph Hopper
Ralph Theodore
Dutch Enright
Eddie Foster
Louie Artino
Jack Roper
Eddie Burns
Constance Worth
Sylvia Marbe
Harry Antrim
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
Rennick (uncredited)
Richard Bond
Stevie - Sylvia's Escort (uncredited)
Jack Carr
Tony (uncredited)
James Conaty
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Frank Conlan
Joe (uncredited)
Production
Company
Columbia Pictures
Producer
Ben Hecht
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