Broadway Limited (film)

Broadway Limited
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)
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;
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$500,000
Box office	$257,305

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.

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)

References

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^ "UA Meeting". Variety. November 20, 1940. p. 20.
^ Ward, Richard Lewis (2005). A history of the Hal Roach Studios. Southern Illinois University Press. p. 213. - figures are producer's share from US/Canada

External links

Broadway Limited at IMDb
Broadway Limited is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
Broadway Limited on YouTube

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[2] "UA Meeting". Variety. November 20, 1940. p. 20.

[hal-3] Ward, Richard Lewis (2005). A history of the Hal Roach Studios. Southern Illinois University Press. p. 213. - figures are producer's share from US/Canada

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