Angels Over Broadway
1940 · 79 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 1,406 VOTES · DIR. Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes
Overview
Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife. Deciding on suicide, he scribbles a note, stuffs it in his pocket and goes for one last night on the town. He is pulled into a poker game by conman Bill O'Brien and singer Nina Barone, but when they discover the dropped note, they resolve to turn the tables, get Engle his $3,000 and save his life.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,243 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:51 Go on, soak them.
00:05:07 -Where to, mister? -Uptown.
00:10:22 l hope you don´t mind my barging in on you.
00:13:46 What do you say we slip out and have a look?
00:16:25 l´m an epitaph over an ash can.
00:19:22 All you got to do is play up to him a little.
00:22:55 Come on, kid, we´ll go someplace and talk this thing--
00:25:36 Hello, Mr. Engle.
00:28:10 l ain´t trying to insult you, just analyzing things, see?
00:31:11 That´s a laugh.
00:34:17 l didn´t say it wasn´t interesting.
00:36:56 Mr. Gibbons telephoned about you.
00:39:34 You´re reading the wrong books, baby.
00:42:45 This way, Mr. Engle.
00:45:31 l haven´t?
00:48:47 Beautifully said.
00:51:28 How do you know how much they´ll throw at you?
00:55:23 You two know each other?
00:58:06 Up $500.
01:02:14 He doesn´t remember anything. He´s forgotten.
01:05:30 One.
01:09:13 -So he tailed you, huh? -Yeah.
01:11:39 Let´s play it like big shots.
01:15:32 lt does, eh? How much would you say it was?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,243
Dialogue density15.7 lines / min
First line00:00:51
Final line01:15:32
Production Record
DirectorBen Hecht, Lee Garmes
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,406