Angels Over Broadway
A Romance Born Between Dusk and Dawn
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.
- Production
- Columbia Pictures
Tags & Hashtags
Watch Angels Over Broadway Online
Video player provided by a third-party service. CineFlix does not host any content.
Official Trailer & More
No trailers available in your region.
Cast
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Bill O'Brien
Rita Hayworth
Nina Barona
Thomas Mitchell
Gene Gibbons
John Qualen
Charles Engle
Constance Worth
Sylvia Marbe
Harry Antrim
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
Rennick (uncredited)
Richard Bond
Stevie - Sylvia's Escort (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
Pawn Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Edward Earle
Vincent - Headwaiter (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Carlton Griffin
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Ben Hecht
Man in Night Court (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Blanche Payson
Large Woman (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Walter Sande
Lunch Wagon Counterman (uncredited)
Cy Schindell
Jack (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Gambler (uncredited)
John Tyrrell
2nd Waiter (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Ben Hecht,Lee Garmes
- Writers
- Ben Hecht
- Producers
- Ben Hecht
- Cinematography
- Lee Garmes
- Composer
- George Antheil
Where to Watch
Streaming availability data provided by JustWatch via TMDB. Click a logo to visit the provider's official website.
Similar Movies
Focus
2015
The Big Meet
2013
The Woman in Question
1950
Forbidden
1953
House of Games
1987
Force of Evil
1950
Pursued
1947
Night Editor
1946
The Houston Story
1956
A Woman's Face
1941
Reign of Terror
1949
Cry of the Hunted
1953
High Sierra
1941
The Sound of Fury
1950
City of Shadows
2022
If I Should Die Before I Wake
1952
A Lady's Shadow
2022
The Man Who Cheated Himself
1950
Chinatown at Midnight
1949
Blackout
1954
Recommendations
Johnny O'Clock
1947
Glengarry Glen Ross
1992
The Set-Up
1949
Dark City
1950
Each Dawn I Die
1939
Nightmare Alley
1947
The Web
1947
Knock on Any Door
1949
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
Plunder Road
1957
Framed
1947
Pitfall
1948
The Dark Corner
1946
The Glass Key
1942
Illegal
1955
Nightfall
1956
While the City Sleeps
1956
The Locket
1946
The Damned Don't Cry
1950
They Made Me a Fugitive
1947
User Reviews (0)
Sign in with Google to post a rating and review.
- No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.
User Reviews from TMDB
John Chard
September 25, 2014
No demons, just excellently written angels. Produced, directed and written by Ben Hecht, Angels Over Broadway is a film that I personally hadn't heard of until it showed up on one of the British Freeview stations this last week. The first thing what surprised was the bona fide classy cast list, Mr Charm himself, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Miss Beautiful 1940, Rita Hayworth, Mr Ever Watchable, Thomas Mitchell & Mr Undermentioned, John Qualen. The next thing that surprised me was during a bit of res…
talisencrw
May 2, 2016
This was a fun watch, included in my oddly-titled yet truly economical Mill Creek 'Classic Romances' 8-pack, which I purchased because I love old movies and it was only $10. Though if you really stretch the definition of 'romance', the designation fits, that aspect is but a very minor component of this, and the other films', workings. The 2-time Oscar winner (both wins, and all six nominations, were for screenwriting prowess) Ben Hecht directed this, and he did a decent job, even throwing in the…