Broadway Bill (1934)

The Comedy Successor to 'It Happened One Night'

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...

Cast (51)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Warner Baxter

Dan Brooks

Myrna Loy

Alice 'Princess' Higgins

Walter Connolly

J.L. Higgins

Helen Vinson

Margaret

Douglass Dumbrille

Eddie Morgan

Raymond Walburn

Colonel Pettigrew

Lynne Overman

Happy McGuire

Clarence Muse

Whitey

B

Broadway Bill

Broadway Bill - a Horse

Margaret Hamilton

Edna

Frankie Darro

Ted Williams

George Cooper

Joe

George Meeker

Henry Early

Jason Robards Sr.

Arthur Winslow

E

Ed Tucker

Jimmy Baker

Edmund Breese

Presiding Judge

Clara Blandick

Mrs. Peterson

Irving Bacon

Hamburger Stand Owner (uncredited)

Lucille Ball

Blonde Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

Jailer (uncredited)

Ward Bond

Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

Higgins' 2nd Butler (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Morgan's Bookkeeper (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

Bettor on Broadway Bill (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

(uncredited)

Inez Courtney

Nurse Mae (uncredited)

Kernan Cripps

Policeman (uncredited)

Helen Flint

Mrs. Henry Early (uncredited)

Sam Flint

Racetrack Official (uncredited)

Christian J. Frank

Sheriff (uncredited)

G

Gladys Gale

Head Nurse (uncredited)

Alan Hale

Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

F

Forrester Harvey

Bradshaw (uncredited)

Paul Harvey

James Whitehall (uncredited)

F

Frank Holliday

Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

A

Alfred P. James

Mel (uncredited)

Charles Lane

Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)

Robert McKenzie

Man in Barbershop (uncredited)

John Merton

Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)

Charles Middleton

Veterinarian (uncredited)

Helene Millard

Mrs. Arthur Winslow (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

(uncredited)

Louis Natheaux

Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

Reporter (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

(uncredited)

Harry Semels

Conductor Bettor on Broadway Bill (uncredited)

S

Skeeter

Broadway Bill's Rooster (uncredited)

Joan Standing

Brooks' Phone Operator (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

Betting Parlor Operator (uncredited)

F

Fred Walton

Butler (uncredited)

E

Ethel Bryant

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