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Chicago
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Title: Chicago

Release Date: 23 Dec 1927

Runtime: 1h 43m

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Crime

Director: DeMille Pictures Corporation

Production Companies: DeMille Pictures Corporation

Overview: Based on a true story, two-timing boozing wife Roxie Hart kills her lover in cold blood after he leaves her, and finagles her way out being indicted. The basis for Kander/Ebb's 1975 Broadway musical of the same name and its Oscar-winning 2002 film adaptation.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 5.7 (19 votes)

Cast

  • Roxie Hart: Phyllis Haver
  • Amos Hart: Victor Varconi
  • Katie: Virginia Bradford
  • William Flynn: Robert Edeson
  • Rodney Casley: Eugene Pallette
  • Asst. District Attorney: Warner Richmond
  • Reporter: T. Roy Barnes
  • Police sergeant: Clarence Burton
  • Velma: Julia Faye
  • Mrs. Morton - Matron: May Robson
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