Angels Over Broadway

IMDb 5.8 1940 • 79 min • DramaCrime

Director

Ben Hecht

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Bill O'Brien
Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth Nina Barona
Thomas Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell Gene Gibbons
John Qualen
John Qualen Charles Engle
George Watts
George Watts Joseph Hopper