Broadway Limited is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Victor McLaglen, Dennis O'Keefe and ZaSu Pitts. The film takes its name from the Broadway Limited train that the Pennsylvania Railroad used to run between New York and Chicago.
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Broadway Limited | |
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Directed by | Gordon Douglas |
Written by | Rian James (original screenplay)[1] |
Produced by | Hal Roach (producer) |
Starring | Victor McLaglen Dennis O'Keefe ZaSu Pitts |
Cinematography | Henry Sharp |
Edited by | Bert Jordan |
Music by | Charles Previn |
Production company | |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $500,000[2] |
Box office | $257,305[3] |
Plot
Movie director Ivan Ivanski (Leonid Kinskey) stages a publicity stunt involving actress April Tremaine (Marjorie Woodworth), railroad engineer Mike Monohan (Victor McLaglen), and a baby (Gay Ellen Dakin), which turns into a real kidnapping, leaving Tremaine caught in the middle aboard the flagship train of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Cast
- Victor McLaglen as Maurice "Mike" Monohan
- Marjorie Woodworth as April Tremaine / Mary Potter
- Dennis O'Keefe as Dr. Harvey North
- Patsy Kelly as Patsy Riley
- ZaSu Pitts as Myra Pottle
- Leonid Kinskey as Ivan Makail Ivanski
- George E. Stone as Lefty
- Gay Ellen Dakin as Baby
- Charles C. Wilson as Detective
- John Sheehan as Conductor
- Edgar Edwards as State Trooper
- Eric Alden as State Trooper
- Sam McDaniel as Train Porter
- J. Farrell McDonald as RR Line Supt. Mulcahy (uncredited)
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