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Broadway (1942)

Broadway poster
Directed by
William A. Seiter
Genre
mystery film, musical film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A nightclub host gets entangled in a murder mystery that shakes up the Broadway scene. He works with a detective to clear his name while navigating the glitzy but dangerous world of performers and gangsters.

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What happens

Broadway is a 1942 American crime drama musical film directed by William A. Seiter and starring George Raft and Pat O'Brien. The supporting cast features Janet Blair and Broderick Crawford. Another fictionalized biographical movie based on Raft's life, The George Raft Story (1961), featured a different actor (Ray Danton) playing Raft. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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