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The Great American Motion Picture! - In Old Chicago
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Title: In Old Chicago

Release Date: 15 Apr 1938

Runtime: 1h 51m

Genre: Drama, History

Director: Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox

Production Companies: Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox

Overview: The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.4 (39 votes)

Cast

  • Dion O'Leary: Tyrone Power
  • Belle Fawcett: Alice Faye
  • Jack O'Leary: Don Ameche
  • Molly O'Leary: Alice Brady
  • Pickle Bixby: Andy Devine
  • Gil Warren: Brian Donlevy
  • Ann Colby: Phyllis Brooks
  • Bob O'Leary: Tom Brown
  • General Phil Sheridan: Sidney Blackmer
  • Senator Colby: Berton Churchill
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