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Walking Down Broadway
Walking Down Broadway

Walking Down Broadway

SIX GIRLS...whose lives were as exciting...as teeming with heart-catching drama...as Broadway itself!

Genres

Drama

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Five closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway production, but the lives of all five take many different turns, often for the worse.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

75 mins

Rating

5.7/10

Release Date

11 March 1938

Country

United States of America

Cast

Claire Trevor

Claire Trevor

Joan Bradley

Phyllis Brooks

Phyllis Brooks

Vicki Stone

Leah Ray

Leah Ray

Linda Martin

Dixie Dunbar

Dixie Dunbar

Tiny Bronson

Lynn Bari

Lynn Bari

Sandra De Voe

Jayne Regan

Jayne Regan

Jerry Lane

Michael Whalen

Michael Whalen

Peter Claybourne

Thomas Beck

Thomas Beck

Tom Douglas

Douglas Fowley

Douglas Fowley

Ace Wagner

Walter Woolf King

Walter Woolf King

Jeff Hoffman

Jed Prouty

Jed Prouty

F.R. Randall

Robert Kellard

Robert Kellard

Bob Randall

Joan Carroll

Joan Carroll

Sunny Martin

Leon Ames

Leon Ames

Frank Gatty

William Benedict

William Benedict

Eddie

Maurice Cass

Maurice Cass

Mr. Wentwhistle

Lon Chaney Jr.

Lon Chaney Jr.

Delivery Man

Charles Delaney

Charles Delaney

Cop

Claire Du Brey

Claire Du Brey

Claybourne's Secretary

Paul Fix

Paul Fix

Man in Baccarat Club Bar

Eddie Hall

Eddie Hall

Theatre Delivery Man

Robert Homans

Robert Homans

Cop

Robert Lowery

Robert Lowery

Delivery Man

Sam McDaniel

Sam McDaniel

Claybourne's Chauffeur

Paul McVey

Paul McVey

Doctor

Forbes Murray

Forbes Murray

Attorney

Arthur Rankin

Arthur Rankin

Usher with Package

Bert Roach

Bert Roach

Archie - Stage Manager

Charles Tannen

Charles Tannen

Hotel Clerk

Ernie Alexander

Ernie Alexander

Drunk

Maurice Black

Maurice Black

Norton

Gennaro Curci

Gennaro Curci

Paul

Allen Fox

Allen Fox

Call Boy

Robert Graves

Robert Graves

Jury Foreman

Frank Hagney

Frank Hagney

Baggage Man

Sherry Hall

Sherry Hall

Clerk

Spec O'Donnell

Spec O'Donnell

Messenger

Franklin Parker

Franklin Parker

Photographer

Jack Perry

Jack Perry

Bartender

William Worthington

William Worthington

Judge

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