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Feature film — 1940

Angels Over Broadway (1940)

5.91h 19mDrama — Crime

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.

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A high-signal pick with 31 votes.

Columbia Pictures

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Director: Ben Hecht

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Cast & crew

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Bill O'Brien

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Bill O'Brien

Rita Hayworth as Nina Barona

Rita Hayworth

Nina Barona

Thomas Mitchell as Gene Gibbons

Thomas Mitchell

Gene Gibbons

John Qualen as Charles Engle

John Qualen

Charles Engle

G

George Watts

Joseph Hopper

R

Ralph Theodore

Dutch Enright

E

Eddie Foster

Louie Artino

J

Jack Roper

Eddie Burns

Constance Worth as Sylvia Marbe

Constance Worth

Sylvia Marbe

Harry Antrim as Court Clerk (uncredited)

Harry Antrim

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin as Rennick (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin

Rennick (uncredited)

Richard Bond as Stevie - Sylvia's Escort (uncredited)

Richard Bond

Stevie - Sylvia's Escort (uncredited)

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