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Chicago(1927)
Status: Released
Date: 1927-12-23
57%
20 Votes
Time: 1h 43m
Overview:
Based on a true story, two-timing boozing wife Roxie Hart kills her lover in cold blood after he leaves her, and finagles her way out being indicted. The basis for Kander/Ebb's 1975 Broadway musical of the same name and its Oscar-winning 2002 film adaptation.
Languages: No Language.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
DeMille Pictures Corporation
Movie: Chicago
Top 10 Billed Cast
Phyllis Haver
Roxie Hart
Victor Varconi
Amos Hart
Virginia Bradford
Katie
Robert Edeson
William Flynn
Eugene Pallette
Rodney Casley
Warner Richmond
Asst. District Attorney
T. Roy Barnes
Reporter
Clarence Burton
Police sergeant
Julia Faye
Velma
May Robson
Mrs. Morton - Matron
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Overview
Based on a true story, two-timing boozing wife Roxie Hart kills her lover in cold blood after he leaves her, and finagles her way out being indicted. The basis for Kander/Ebb's 1975 Broadway musical of the same name and its Oscar-winning 2002 film adaptation.
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1927-12-23
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