| Actors: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell, John Qualen, George Watts Directors: Lee Garmes, Ben Hecht Creators: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Lee Garmes, Ben Hecht, Gene Havlick Genres: Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery & Suspense Sub-Genres: Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery & Suspense Studio: Sony Pictures Format: DVD - Black and White,Full Screen - Closed-captioned DVD Release Date: 08/20/2002 Original Release Date: 10/02/1940 Theatrical Release Date: 10/02/1940 Release Year: 2002 Run Time: 1hr 19min Screens: Black and White,Full Screen Number of Discs: 1 SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 3 MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Languages: English Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese See Also: |
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  | Angels Over Broadway Actors: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell, John Qualen, George Watts Directors: Lee Garmes, Ben Hecht Genres: Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery & Suspense NR 2002 1hr 19min Sardonic newsman turned razor-wit screenwriter Ben Hecht softens his hard-boiled style for a rare directorial outing in Angels over Broadway. Set in the world he knew and loved so well--Broadway's nightlife of hustlers and... more » |
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Movie ReviewsUNDERRATED scotsladdie | 05/19/2000 (4 out of 5 stars) "Ben Hecht wrote, produced and with the excellent cinematographer Lee Garmes, directed this night-life story about a poor clerk (John Qualen) who is going to kill himself if he can't get $3,000, and and a drunken playwright (Thomas Mitchell) who takes him in charge. The playwright thinks that since sharp gamblers always let you win at poker before they trim you & the trick is to leave the game early............ Two young lovers complicated the playwright's plan. Offbeat and ahead of its time, this Hecht production is surely one of the most unheralded fine films ever to come out of Hollywood (I suspect because 1939 was THE greatest year the movies ever knew and there was too much compitition). Columbia mogul Harry Cohn hand-picked the lovely Hayworth (as a call girl!) and the performances by Mitchell (as a marvelous lush) and Fairbanks are captivating ; Hecht's dialogue sparkles with poetic irony. It's an unpredictable Broadway saga on the screen, filmed with a fast pace and panache. Hecht's character's talk too much, but Hecht was a compulsive gambler himself, and there's a genial, original spirit to this movie."
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