Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 2
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1940 Wide
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Average Rating: 3.2/5
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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
Jan 1, 1940 Wide
Aug 20, 2002
All Critics (8) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (2) | DVD (3)
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).
What turned me off was that the downbeat tone never changed for me even as it piled on all its moral lessons.
3.5
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, 2009A 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.
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