Movie: Angels Over Broadway

Top 10 Billed Cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Bill O'Brien

Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth

Nina Barona

Thomas Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell

Gene Gibbons

John Qualen
John Qualen

Charles Engle

George Watts
George Watts

Joseph Hopper

Ralph Theodore
Ralph Theodore

Dutch Enright

Eddie Foster
Eddie Foster

Louie Artino

Jack Roper
Jack Roper

Eddie Burns

Constance Worth
Constance Worth

Sylvia Marbe

Harry Antrim
Harry Antrim

Court Clerk (uncredited)

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1940-10-02

  • Average

    5.919

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
  • Tagline

    A Romance Born Between Dusk and Dawn

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  • Languages:

    English
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