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Angels Over Broadway (also called Before I Die) is a 1940 American drama film noir starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell and John Qualen. Ben Hecht, who co-directed (with cinematographer Lee Garmes), co-produced and wrote the screenplay, was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
Angels Over Broadway: Directed by Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes. With Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell, John Qualen. A cuckolded embezzler on the verge of suicide is helped by a tout, an alcoholic playwright, and a pick-up girl to reimburse the money with a gambling sting.
A boozing playwright (Thomas Mitchell) invests a clerk's loot in a poker game with two sharpers (Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth).
Filled with crackling dialogue and an offbeat tone that alternates between light and dark, Angels Over Broadway (1940) was nominated for a Best Original Screenplay Oscar®, though director Ben Hecht's script lost out to Preston Sturges' The Great McGinty.
Currently you are able to watch "Angels Over Broadway" streaming on Tubi TV for free with ads. Synopsis Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife.
Overview. Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife. Deciding on suicide, he scribbles a note, stuffs it in his pocket and goes for one last night on the town.
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