Angels Over Broadway

Overview

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.

Directed by Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes

Top cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Bill O'Brien

Rita Hayworth

Nina Barona

Thomas Mitchell

Gene Gibbons

John Qualen

Charles Engle

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George Watts

Joseph Hopper

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Ralph Theodore

Dutch Enright

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Eddie Foster

Louie Artino

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Jack Roper

Eddie Burns

Constance Worth

Sylvia Marbe

Harry Antrim

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin

Rennick (uncredited)

Richard Bond

Stevie - Sylvia's Escort (uncredited)

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Jack Carr

Tony (uncredited)

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James Conaty

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Frank Conlan

Joe (uncredited)

Jimmy Conlin

Pawn Shop Proprietor (uncredited)

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Catherine Courtney

Miss Karpin (uncredited)

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Carmen D'Antonio

Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)

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Tommy Dixon

Checkroom Boy (uncredited)

Edward Earle

Vincent - Headwaiter (uncredited)

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