Broadway (1942 film)

Broadway
Directed byWilliam A. Seiter
Screenplay byFelix Jackson
John Bright
adaptation
Bruce Manning
Based onthe Jed Harris stage production by Philip Dunning & George Abbott (play)
Produced byBruce Manning
StarringGeorge Raft
Pat O'Brien
CinematographyGeorge Barnes
Edited byTed J. Kent
(as Ted Kent)
Music byFrank Skinner
Production
company
Bruce Manning Productions
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • March 23, 1942 (1942-03-23) (San Francisco)
  • April 17, 1942 (1942-04-17) (New York City)
  • May 8, 1942 (1942-05-08) (Los Angeles)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.1 million[1]

Broadway is a 1942 crime drama musical film directed by William A. Seiter and starring George Raft as himself and Pat O'Brien as a detective.[2] The supporting cast features Janet Blair and Broderick Crawford.[3]

Another fictionalized biographical movie based on Raft's life, The George Raft Story (1961), featured a different actor (Ray Danton) playing Raft.

  1. ^ "101 Pix Gross in Millions". Variety. 6 January 1943. p. 58.
  2. ^ "Broadway". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
  3. ^ "Broadway". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 9, no. 97. Jan 1, 1942. p. 85.