Broadway Bill (1934) - film review

Comedy / Drama

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Broadway Bill is an American film comedy-drama first released in 1934, directed by Frank Capra. The film stars Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Walter Connolly, Helen Vinson and Douglass Dumbrille. It has also been released under the title: Strictly Confidential. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Frank Capra
Script: Robert Riskin, Mark Hellinger, Sidney Buchman
Photo: Joseph Walker
Music: Mischa Bakaleinikoff, Howard Jackson, Louis Silvers
Cast: Warner Baxter (Dan Brooks), Myrna Loy (The Princess), Walter Connolly (J.L. Higgins), Helen Vinson (Margaret), Douglass Dumbrille (Eddie Morgan), Raymond Walburn (Colonel Pettigrew), Lynne Overman (Happy McGuire), Clarence Muse (Whitey), Broadway Bill (Himself), Margaret Hamilton (Edna), Frankie Darro (Ted Williams), George Cooper (Joe), George Meeker (Henry Early), Jason Robards Sr. (Arthur Winslow), Ed Tucker (Jimmy Baker), Edmund Breese (Presiding Judge), Clara Blandick (Mrs. Peterson), Ernie Adams (Patient), Robert Allen (Reporter), Herbert Ashley, Irving Bacon (Hotdog Stand Owner), Lucille Ball (Blonde Telephone Operator), Henry A. Barrows, Brooks Benedict, Herman Bing (Waiter), James Blakeley (Interne), Sammy Blum, Stanley Blystone (Jailer), Ward Bond (Morgan’s Henchman), Symona Boniface, Joe Bordeaux, Sidney Bracey, Harry C. Bradley (Bookkeeper), Charles Brinley, Ethel Bryant, Edmund Burns, Patricia Caron, Helene Caverly, Anna Chandler, Eddy Chandler (Onlooker), George Chandler (Man in Wheelchair), Irene Coleman, Gino Corrado, Tom Costello, Inez Courtney (Mae, Nurse), Edith Craig, Phyllis Crane, Kernan Cripps, Beatrice Curtis, Mickey Daniels (Higgins Flunkey), J. Gunnis Davis, Sidney De Gray, John Webb Dillon, Harry Dunkinson, Bobby Dunn, Janet Eastman, Elinor Fair, Helen Flint (Mrs. Early), Sam Flint, Bess Flowers (Secretary), Christian J. Frank, Otto Fries, Gladys Gale (Head Nurse), Claude Gillingwater (J.P. Chase), Dick Gordon, Maurine Gray, Harrison Greene, Kit Guard (Cab Driver), Alan Hale (Orchestra Leader), Adalyn Hall, Forrester Harvey (Horse Trainer), Paul Harvey (James Whitehall), Ara Haswell, A.R. Haysel (Mike), Richard Heming, Oscar ’Dutch’ Hendrian, Ruth Hiatt, Frank Holliday (Deputy Sheriff), Harry Holman (Rube), Harry Hume, John Ince (Mayor), Paul Irving, William Irving, John Irwin, Alfred P. James, Eddie Kane, Edward Keane (Headwaiter), Harry Keaton, Jack Kenny, Richard Kipling, Alice Lake, Charles Lane (Henchman), Myrtland La Varre, W.E. Lawrence, Ila Lee, Peggy Leon, Marvin Loback, Stanley Mack, Herman Marks, Tony Martelli, Betty May, Kay McCoy, Philo McCullough, Larry McGrath, Gene McKay, Charles Middleton (Veterinarian), Helene Millard (Mrs. Winslow), Frank Mills, Ruth Milo, Bert Moorhouse, Pat Moriarity, George Morrell, Jack Mulhall, Louis Natheaux, Spec O’Donnell, Dennis O’Keefe, Pat O’Malley, Evelyn Pierce, Dick Prichard, Arthur Rankin, Tom Ricketts (Johnson, the butler), Don Roberts, Ky Robinson (Deputy Sheriff), Rita Ross, Matty Roubert, Dixie Russell, Bob Ryan, Harry Semels (Conductor), Kay Sherris, Reginald Simpson, Joan Standing (Secretary), Sue Stevens, William H. Strauss (Pawnbroker), Eddie Sturgis, Richard Sumner (Policeman), Ethel Sykes, Bob Tansill (Whitehall’s Jockey), Harry Todd (Pop Jones), Billie Van Every, Catherine Wallace, Fred Walton, Lillian West, Robert Whitney (Race Track Tout), Lee Willard, Charles C. Wilson (Collins), Frank Yaconelli
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 104 min; B&W
Aka: Strictly Confidential

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