Angels Over Broadway (1940)

A Romance Born Between Dusk and Dawn

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 (39)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Bill O'Brien

Rita Hayworth

Nina Barona

Thomas Mitchell

Gene Gibbons

John Qualen

Charles Engle

G

George Watts

Joseph Hopper

R

Ralph Theodore

Dutch Enright

E

Eddie Foster

Louie Artino

J

Jack Roper

Eddie Burns

Constance Worth

Sylvia Marbe

Harry Antrim

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin

Rennick (uncredited)

Richard Bond

Stevie - Sylvia's Escort (uncredited)

J

Jack Carr

Tony (uncredited)

J

James Conaty

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

F

Frank Conlan

Joe (uncredited)

Jimmy Conlin

Pawn Shop Proprietor (uncredited)

C

Catherine Courtney

Miss Karpin (uncredited)

C

Carmen D'Antonio

Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)

T

Tommy Dixon

Checkroom Boy (uncredited)

Edward Earle

Vincent - Headwaiter (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

C

Caroline Frasher

Street Walker (uncredited)

R

Roger Gray

Gambler (uncredited)

Carlton Griffin

Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Ben Hecht

Man in Night Court (uncredited)

A

Art Howard

Night Court Judge (uncredited)

J

Jerry Jerome

Gambler (uncredited)

W

William Lally

Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold

Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

P

Patricia Maier

Girl (uncredited)

Blanche Payson

Large Woman (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

A

Al Rhein

Gambler (uncredited)

Walter Sande

Lunch Wagon Counterman (uncredited)

Cy Schindell

Jack (uncredited)

Harry Strang

Gambler (uncredited)

F

Fred Sweeney

Mr. Hugo (uncredited)

John Tyrrell

2nd Waiter (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

Second Cabby (uncredited)

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