Angels Over Broadway

"A Romance Born Between Dusk and Dawn"

Oct 2 1940 Passed 1h 19m
Adventure, Comedy, Crime

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.

Plot

Charles Engle has been caught embezzling. He writes a suicide note, and goes out wandering on the town. Small-time hustler Bill O'Brian sees him give a couple of big tips, figures he's rich, and plans to take him over to a big-time card game and fleece him. He enlists Nina Barone to help get Engle to the game. She goes along, but is more interested in O'Brien than in his schemes. Meanwhile, a perpetually drunk and none too successful playwright, Gene Gibbons, finds the suicide note. He cooks up a scheme (with the reluctant aid of O'Brien) to get the money Engle needs to pay back his employer and save his life.

Written by

Ben Hecht

Directed by

Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total

Scores
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Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
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