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Roxie Hart

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Original title

Roxie Hart

Year

1942

Running time

75 min.

Country

United States

Director

William A. Wellman

Screenwriter

Nunnally Johnson, Ben Hecht. Play: Maurine Dallas Watkins

Cast

Music

Alfred Newman

Cinematography

Leon Shamroy (B&W)

Producer

20th Century Fox

Genre

Musical. Comedy | 1920s. Remake

Synopsis

Sassy '20s Chicago dance hall girl Roxie (Rogers) decides to take the fall when hubby (Chandler) murders a man (She sees it as a publicity boost to her career). Slick lawyer Billy Flynn (Menjou) knows he can get the tootsie off if she justs flashes the jury her considerable sex appeal. Montgomery's a smitten reporter who catches Roxie's eye. Based on the play "Chicago" by Maurine Dallas Watkins and previously filmed in 1927. Bob Fosse later adapted the play for a Broadway musical, and Rob Marshall made the famous film "Chicago".

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Roxie Hart

1942

William A. Wellman

6.7

(199)