Angels Over Broadway

Angels Over Broadway (1940) is a drama, crime film directed by Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes rated 5.9/10.

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.

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Bill O'Brien

Rita Hayworth

Nina Barona

Thomas Mitchell

Gene Gibbons

John Qualen

Charles Engle

George Watts

Joseph Hopper

Ralph Theodore

Dutch Enright

Eddie Foster

Louie Artino

Jack Roper

Eddie Burns

Constance Worth

Sylvia Marbe

Harry Antrim

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin

Rennick (uncredited)

Richard Bond

Stevie - Sylvia's Escort (uncredited)