Broadway Limited (film)

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.

Broadway Limited
Pictured: Victor McLaglen, Dennis O'Keefe, Marjorie Woodworth, Leonid Kinskey and ZaSu Pitts
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	Hal Roach Studios
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	June 13, 1941 (1941-06-13)
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)