Angels Over Broadway(1940)
A Romance Born Between Dusk and Dawn
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.
Movie: Angels Over Broadway
Top 10 Billed Cast
Bill O'Brien
Nina Barona
Gene Gibbons
Charles Engle
Sylvia Marbe
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.
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1940-10-02
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A Romance Born Between Dusk and Dawn
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