Angels Over Broadway

Angels Over Broadway

79 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy | Oct. 2, 1940

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.

Angels Over Broadway

79 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy | Oct. 2, 1940

Angels Over Broadway
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Angels Over Broadway
Directors Lee Garmes, Ben Hecht
Writers Ben Hecht

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

as Bill O'Brien

Rita Hayworth

as Nina Barona

Thomas Mitchell

as Gene Gibbons

John Qualen

as Charles Engle

George Watts

as Joseph Hopper

Ralph Theodore

as Dutch Enright

Eddie Foster

as Louie Artino

Jack Roper

as Eddie Burns

Constance Worth

as Sylvia Marbe

Harry Antrim

as Court Clerk (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin

as Rennick (uncredited)

Richard Bond

as Stevie - Sylvia's Escort (uncredited)

Jack Carr

as Tony (uncredited)

James Conaty

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Frank Conlan

as Joe (uncredited)

Jimmy Conlin

as Pawn Shop Proprietor (uncredited)

Catherine Courtney

as Miss Karpin (uncredited)

Carmen D'Antonio

as Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)

Tommy Dixon

as Checkroom Boy (uncredited)

Edward Earle

as Vincent - Headwaiter (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Caroline Frasher

as Street Walker (uncredited)

Roger Gray

as Gambler (uncredited)

Carlton Griffin

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Ben Hecht

as Man in Night Court (uncredited)

Art Howard

as Night Court Judge (uncredited)

Jerry Jerome

as Gambler (uncredited)

William Lally

as Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold

as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

Patricia Maier

as Girl (uncredited)

Blanche Payson

as Large Woman (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Al Rhein

as Gambler (uncredited)

Walter Sande

as Lunch Wagon Counterman (uncredited)

Cy Schindell

as Jack (uncredited)

Harry Strang

as Gambler (uncredited)

Fred Sweeney

as Mr. Hugo (uncredited)

John Tyrrell

as 2nd Waiter (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

as Second Cabby (uncredited)