Broadway Bill
1934, English. Directed by Frank Capra.
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...
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
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Cast & crew
- Frank CapraDirector
- Warner BaxterDan Brooks
- Myrna LoyAlice 'Princess' Higgins
- Walter ConnollyJ.L. Higgins
- Helen VinsonMargaret
- Douglass DumbrilleEddie Morgan
- Raymond WalburnColonel Pettigrew
- Lynne OvermanHappy McGuire
- Clarence MuseWhitey
- Broadway BillBroadway Bill - a Horse
- Margaret HamiltonEdna
- Frankie DarroTed Williams
- George CooperJoe
Details
- Released
- 30 November 1934
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Robert Riskin, Mark Hellinger
- Budget
- $669K
- Box office
- $1.4M
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Broadway Bill runs 104 minutes (1h 44m).
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What movies are like Broadway Bill?
If you liked Broadway Bill, try The Sting, Dream Horse, Buffaloed.
Who directed Broadway Bill?
Broadway Bill (1934) was directed by Frank Capra and stars Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Walter Connolly.