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42nd Street
“The Greatest Musical Hit the Screen Has Ever Known!”
Broadway director Julian Marsh needs just one more hit show so he can retire and recover his health. It looks like he just may pull it off until temperamental star Dorthy Brock breaks her ankle on the eve of the show's premiere and has to be replaced by her understudy Peggy.
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
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User score
220 votes
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Status
Released
Released
March 11, 1933
Runtime
1h 29m
Language
English
Budget → Revenue
$439K → $2.3M
Top cast
Warner Baxter
Julian Marsh
Bebe Daniels
Dorothy Brock
George Brent
Pat Denning
Ruby Keeler
Peggy
Guy Kibbee
Abner Dillon
Una Merkel
Lorraine Fleming
Ginger Rogers
Ann
Ned Sparks
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
Author of 'Pretty Lady' (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
Dr. Chadwick (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy
Slim Murphy (uncredited)
Harry Akst
Jerry (uncredited)
George Irving
Hotel Doctor (uncredited)
