Angels Over Broadway (1940)
- Directed by
- Lee Garmes, Ben Hecht
- Genre
- drama film, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 31 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A con man and an actress stumble into the life of a suicidal businessman. Over one night in New York, they scheme to change his fate.
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What happens
Angels Over Broadway (also called Before I Die) is a 1940 American drama film noir starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell and John Qualen. Ben Hecht, who co-directed (with cinematographer Lee Garmes), co-produced and wrote the screenplay, was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Fairbanks Jr. co-produced, helping persuade Harry Cohn of Columbia to finance. Cohn gave them Rita Hayworth, in her first leading role in an "A" picture. "Cohn couldn't figure out what the picture was about but neither could we," said Fairbanks Jr. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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