Broadway

May 27, 1929

1h 45m

★ 5.6

Carl Laemmle's stupendous talking and singing picture.

Overview

A naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder.

Genres

Music

Crime

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Broadway Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Roy Lane

Glenn Tryon

Pearl

Evelyn Brent

Billie Moore

Merna Kennedy

Dan McCorn

Thomas E. Jackson

'Porky' Thomson

Otis Harlan

Steve Crandall

Robert Ellis

Lil Rice

Marion Lord

Mose Levett

Fritz Feld

Joe

George Davis

Nick Verdis

Paul Porcasi

'Scar' Edwards

Leslie Fenton

Dolph

Arthur Housman

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6.5

Smokin' Aces

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7.8

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7.1

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6.5

Get Shorty

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6.3

Meet the Feebles

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7.0

Die Deutschmeister

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Young Stanzi who is visiting Vienna helps a young corporal and musician to become famous for his marching song "Die Deutschmeister".

6.8

The Spessart Inn

Jan 15, 1958

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6.4

Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire

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7.1

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5.5

Crime Spree

Apr 16, 2003

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5.0

Vendetta II: The New Mafia

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No overview available.

5.3

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6.8

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6.2

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7.1

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5.5

Nine

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7.4

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5.1

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6.9

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