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Angels over Broadway (1940)

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Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 5
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1940 Wide

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In the Ben Hecht-scripted Angels over Broadway. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. plays a poker hustler working in cahoots with good-time girl Rita Hayworth. Alcoholic playwright Thomas Mitchell, having saved embezzler John Qualen from suicide, decides to enter Fairbanks' high-stakes game, using Qualen as an easy-mark "bait." Mitchell's clever schemes to beat Fairbanks come acropper, but Fairbanks has a sudden change of heart and decides it's more fun to perform good deeds. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Unrated, 1 hr. 18 min.

Drama, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Ben Hecht , Lee Garmes

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1940 Wide

On DVD: Aug 20, 2002

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Bill O'Brien
Rita Hayworth
Nina Barona
Thomas Mitchell
Gene Gibbons
John Qualen
Charles Engle
George Watts
Hopper
Ralph Theodore
Dutch Enright
Eddie Foster
Louie Artino
Jack Roper
Eddie Burns
Constance Worth
Sylvia Marbe
Harry Antrim
Court Clerk
Walter S. Baldwin
Rennick
Richard Bond
Sylvia's Escort
Stanley Brown
Master of Ceremonies
Jack Carr
Tony
Frank Conlan
Joe
Jimmy Conlin
Pawn Shop Proprietor
Carmen D'Antonio
Specialty Dancer
Edward Earle
Headwaiter
Roger Gray
Gambler
Carlton Elliott Griffin
Waiter
Ethelreda Leopold
Cigarette Girl
Blanche Payson
Large Woman
Lee Phelps
Police Lieutenant
Walter Sande
Lunch Wagon Waiter
Al Seymour
Jack
Harry Strang
Gambler
John Tyrrell
Cabby
Billy Wayne
Taxi Driver
Lee Garmes
Ben Hecht
Jerry Jerome
Gambler
Bill Lally
Doorman
Al Rhein
Gambler
Catherine Courtney
Miss Karpin
Tommy Dixon
Checkroom Boy
Art Howard
Night Court Judge
Patricia Maier
Girl

Critic Reviews for Angels over Broadway

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Featuring Rita Hayworth (before she became a star), this mildly amusing if verbose comedy is co-directed by Lee Garmes and Ben Hecht, better known as a writer (Hitchcock's Notorious).

August 2, 2010 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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What turned me off was that the downbeat tone never changed for me even as it piled on all its moral lessons.

January 23, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

3.5

July 18, 2003 Comment

Leonard Klady

Movie City News

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Excellent drama with a superb cast. Thomas Mitchell stands out the most and does a great job in a supporting role. The cinematography is superb, Ben Hecht does an amazing job directing. A great classic.

December 8, 2009

James Higgins

A truly enjoyable classic. I just wish John Qualen's character would've been more likable. Would've pulled me into the movie more. Not being able to identify with an "underdog" main character is an issue.

November 16, 2011

Stephen Schlaack

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