Broadway Bill (1934)
Overview
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...
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $668,900.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $1,400,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.824 |
Directed By
Frank Capra
Crew
Robert Riskin
Mark Hellinger
Frank Capra
Joseph Walker
Robert Kalloch
Frank Capra
Howard Jackson
Harry Cohn
Jerome Pycha Jr.
Gene Havlick
TOP CAST
Warner Baxter
Dan Brooks
Myrna Loy
Alice 'Princess' Higgins
Walter Connolly
J.L. Higgins
Helen Vinson
Margaret
Douglass Dumbrille
Eddie Morgan
Raymond Walburn
Colonel Pettigrew
Lynne Overman
Happy McGuire
Clarence Muse
Whitey
Broadway Bill
Broadway Bill - a Horse
Margaret Hamilton
Edna
Frankie Darro
Ted Williams
George Cooper
Joe
George Meeker
Henry Early
Jason Robards Sr.
Arthur Winslow
Ed Tucker
Jimmy Baker
Edmund Breese
Presiding Judge
Clara Blandick
Mrs. Peterson
Irving Bacon
Hamburger Stand Owner (uncredited)
Lucille Ball
Blonde Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Jailer (uncredited)
Ward Bond
Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
Higgins' 2nd Butler (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
Morgan's Bookkeeper (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Bettor on Broadway Bill (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
(uncredited)
Inez Courtney
Nurse Mae (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
Policeman (uncredited)
Helen Flint
Mrs. Henry Early (uncredited)
Sam Flint
Racetrack Official (uncredited)
Christian J. Frank
Sheriff (uncredited)
Gladys Gale
Head Nurse (uncredited)
Alan Hale
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Forrester Harvey
Bradshaw (uncredited)
Paul Harvey
James Whitehall (uncredited)
Frank Holliday
Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Alfred P. James
Mel (uncredited)
Charles Lane
Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie
Man in Barbershop (uncredited)
John Merton
Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
Charles Middleton
Veterinarian (uncredited)
Helene Millard
Mrs. Arthur Winslow (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
(uncredited)
Louis Natheaux
Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Reporter (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
(uncredited)
Harry Semels
Conductor Bettor on Broadway Bill (uncredited)
Skeeter
Broadway Bill's Rooster (uncredited)
Joan Standing
Brooks' Phone Operator (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Betting Parlor Operator (uncredited)
Fred Walton
Butler (uncredited)
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