Angels Over Broadway 1940

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.

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The cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Bill O'Brien

Rita Hayworth Nina Barona

Thomas Mitchell Gene Gibbons

John Qualen Charles Engle

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George Watts Joseph Hopper

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Ralph Theodore Dutch Enright

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Eddie Foster Louie Artino

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Jack Roper Eddie Burns

Constance Worth Sylvia Marbe

Harry Antrim Court Clerk (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin Rennick (uncredited)

Richard Bond Stevie - Sylvia's Escort (uncredited)

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Jack Carr Tony (uncredited)

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James Conaty Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Top billing shown. Full cast and crew on IMDB ↗

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