Angels Over Broadway
A Romance Born Between Dusk and Dawn
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
79 min
Release Date
1940-10-02
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
28
Vote Average
5.9
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)
Jack Carr
Tony (uncredited)
James Conaty
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Frank Conlan
Joe (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
Pawn Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Catherine Courtney
Miss Karpin (uncredited)
Carmen D'Antonio
Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
Tommy Dixon
Checkroom Boy (uncredited)
Edward Earle
Vincent - Headwaiter (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Caroline Frasher
Street Walker (uncredited)
Roger Gray
Gambler (uncredited)
Carlton Griffin
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Ben Hecht
Man in Night Court (uncredited)
Art Howard
Night Court Judge (uncredited)
Jerry Jerome
Gambler (uncredited)
William Lally
Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Patricia Maier
Girl (uncredited)
Blanche Payson
Large Woman (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Al Rhein
Gambler (uncredited)
Walter Sande
Lunch Wagon Counterman (uncredited)
Cy Schindell
Jack (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Gambler (uncredited)
Fred Sweeney
Mr. Hugo (uncredited)
John Tyrrell
2nd Waiter (uncredited)
Billy Wayne
Second Cabby (uncredited)
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