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42nd Street
Comedy
Drama
Romance
69%
•
Mar 11, 1933
Rated
NR
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A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.
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Directors
Lloyd Bacon
Revenue
$2,281,000
Budget
$439,000
Vote Average
6.9
Vote Count
178
Popularity
15
Language
English
Origin Country
US
Cast
Warner Baxter
Julian Marsh
Bebe Daniels
Dorothy Brock
George Brent
Pat Denning
Ruby Keeler
Peggy Sawyer
Guy Kibbee
Abner Dillon
Una Merkel
Lorraine Fleming
Ginger Rogers
Ann Lowell
Ned Sparks
Thomas Barry
Dick Powell
Billy Lawler
Allen Jenkins
Mac Elroy
Edward Nugent
Terry
Robert McWade
Jones
George E. Stone
Andy Lee
Toby Wing
Partner in "Young & Healthy" Number (uncredited)
Louise Beavers
Pansy (uncredited)
Charles Lane
Playwright (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
Dr. Chadwick (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy
Slim Murphy (uncredited)
Harry Akst
Jerry (uncredited)
George Irving
Hotel Doctor (uncredited)
Clarence Nordstrum
Groom in "Shuffle Off To Buffalo" Number (uncredited)
Jack La Rue
Thug (uncredited)
Henry B. Walthall
Stage Actor (uncredited)
Jayne Shadduck
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Lyle Talbot
Geoffrey Warning (voice) (uncredited)
Dorothy Coonan Wellman
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
News Spreader (uncredited)
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