Broadway Bill
Seen it?1934 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
Sunday Safe Betearly ratingWhy it’s a Sunday Safe Bet
Critics loved it (100% on Rotten Tomatoes), though it had almost no lasting buzz and soft box office. A safe bet when you want something reliable.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Great for animal lovers and anyone who wants a laugh. An animal steals a fair few scenes. A good follow-up to The Sting or Secondhand Lions.
- The mood
- Funny with heart.
- The pace
- Lets scenes breathe, at 1 hr 44 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1934: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you're after something serious tonight.
Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons-in-law, Dan Brooks, and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his job as manager of J.L.'s paper box factory and devotes his life to his racing horse Broadway Bill, but his bankroll is thin and the luck is against him. He is arrested because of $150 he owes somebody for horse food, but suddenly a planned fraud by somebody else seems to offer him a chance...
How it earned its rating
- CriticsVery strong
100% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$1 million worldwide on a $669K budget
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 6K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Frank Capra
- Warner BaxterDan Brooks
- Myrna LoyAlice 'Princess' Higgins
- Walter ConnollyJ.L. Higgins
- Helen VinsonMargaret
- Douglass DumbrilleEddie Morgan
- Raymond WalburnColonel Pettigrew
- Lynne OvermanHappy McGuire
- Clarence MuseWhitey
- Broadway BillBroadway Bill - a Horse
- Margaret HamiltonEdna