Angels Over Broadway (1940)

5.9/10 79 min Drama Crime

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.

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Bill O'Brien

Rita Hayworth

Nina Barona

Thomas Mitchell

Gene Gibbons

John Qualen

Charles Engle

Constance Worth

Sylvia Marbe

Harry Antrim

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin

Rennick (uncredited)

Richard Bond

Stevie - Sylvia's Escort (uncredited)

Jimmy Conlin

Pawn Shop Proprietor (uncredited)

Edward Earle

Vincent - Headwaiter (uncredited)

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