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Chicago

1927·103 min·US
Director: Frank Urson
ComedyDramaCrime

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.

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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Cast

Phyllis Haver

Phyllis Haver

Roxie Hart

Victor Varconi

Victor Varconi

Amos Hart

Virginia Bradford

Virginia Bradford

Katie

Robert Edeson

Robert Edeson

William Flynn

Eugene Pallette

Eugene Pallette

Rodney Casley

Warner Richmond

Warner Richmond

Asst. District Attorney

T. Roy Barnes

T. Roy Barnes

Reporter

Clarence Burton

Clarence Burton

Police sergeant

Julia Faye

Julia Faye

Velma

May Robson

May Robson

Mrs. Morton - Matron

V

Viola Louie

Two Gun Rosie

Crew

Lenore J. Coffee

writer

J. Peverell Marley

cinematographer

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