Walking Down Broadway(1938)
SIX GIRLS...whose lives were as exciting...as teeming with heart-catching drama...as Broadway itself!
Five closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway production, but the lives of all five take many different turns, often for the worse.
Movie: Walking Down Broadway
Top 10 Billed Cast
Joan Bradley
Vicki Stone
Linda Martin
Tiny Bronson
Sandra De Voe
Jerry Lane
Peter Claybourne
Tom Douglas
Ace Wagner
Jeff Hoffman
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