Broadway (1942 film)
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| Directed by | William A. Seiter |
| Produced by | Bruce Manning |
| Screenplay by |
Felix Jackson John Bright |
| Starring |
George Raft Pat O'Brien |
| Music by | Frank Skinner |
| Cinematography | George Barnes |
| Edited by |
Ted J. Kent (as Ted Kent) |
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Production
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Bruce Manning Productions
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time
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91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.1 million |
Broadway is a 1942 crime drama musical film directed by William A. Seiter starring George Raft and Pat O'Brien.
Another fictionalized biographical movie based on Raft's life, The George Raft Story (1961) featured a different actor (Ray Danton) playing Raft.
A Hollywood dancer (George Raft) returns to Manhattan and recalls working in a nightclub with a bootlegger's (Broderick Crawford) girlfriend.
The film was an adaptation of a Broadway show which had previously been filmed in 1929. (Universal had paid $175,000 for the rights.) Raft had wanted to make it at Universal but Jack Warner refused to loan him out so Raft spent eight months on suspension. Eventually Warners relented and Raft made the film. Raft said he had to pay $27,500 out of his own pocket and negotiate so that Warners could borrow Brod Crawford from Universal.
The film was a success with audiences.
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