Movie

Broadway Bill

The Comedy Successor to 'It Happened One Night'

1934★ 6.0 · 221h 44mComedyDrama

Overview

Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons-in-law, Dan Brooks, and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his job as manager of J.L.'s paper box factory and devotes his life to his racing horse Broadway Bill, but his bankroll is thin and the luck is against him. He is arrested because of $150 he owes somebody for horse food, but suddenly a planned fraud by somebody else seems to offer him a chance...

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Cast

Lucille Ball
as Blonde Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Ward Bond
as Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)

George Meeker
as Henry Early

Margaret Hamilton
as Edna

Myrna Loy
as Alice 'Princess' Higgins

Charles Middleton
as Veterinarian (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe
as (uncredited)

Irving Bacon
as Hamburger Stand Owner (uncredited)

Charles Lane
as Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)

Alan Hale
as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

Clarence Muse
as Whitey

Jason Robards Sr.
as Arthur Winslow

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Release date: 1934-11-30

Budget: $668,900

Revenue: $1,400,000

Runtime: 1h 44m

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ComedyDrama

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