In Old Chicago

Apr 15, 1938

1h 51m

★ 6.5

The Great American Motion Picture!

Overview

The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Darryl F. Zanuck Productions

20th Century Fox

In Old Chicago Trailers

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Cast

Dion O'Leary

Tyrone Power

Belle Fawcett

Alice Faye

Jack O'Leary

Don Ameche

Molly O'Leary

Alice Brady

Pickle Bixby

Andy Devine

Gil Warren

Brian Donlevy

Ann Colby

Phyllis Brooks

Bob O'Leary

Tom Brown

General Phil Sheridan

Sidney Blackmer

Senator Colby

Berton Churchill

Gretchen

June Storey

Mitch

Paul Hurst

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