42nd Street
The Greatest Musical Hit the Screen Has Ever Known!
6.9(219) 1933-03-11 89 minComedyDramaRomance
Broadway director Julian Marsh needs just one more hit show so he can retire and recover his health. It looks like he just may pull it off until temperamental star Dorthy Brock breaks her ankle on the eve of the show's premiere and has to be replaced by her understudy Peggy.
ScreenplayJames Seymour
DirectorLloyd Bacon
ScreenplayRian James
Original Music ComposerAl Dubin
Original Music ComposerHarry Warren
ProducerDarryl F. Zanuck
Cast & characters
Warner Baxter
as Julian Marsh
Bebe Daniels
as Dorothy Brock
George Brent
as Pat Denning
Ruby Keeler
as Peggy
Guy Kibbee
as Abner Dillon
Una Merkel
as Lorraine Fleming
Ginger Rogers
as Ann
Ned Sparks
as Barry
Dick Powell
as Billy Lawler
Allen Jenkins
as Mac Elroy
Edward Nugent
as Terry
Robert McWade
as Jones
George E. Stone
as Andy Lee
Toby Wing
as Partner in "Young & Healthy" Number (uncredited)
Louise Beavers
as Pansy (uncredited)
Charles Lane
as Author of 'Pretty Lady' (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
as Dr. Chadwick (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy
as Slim Murphy (uncredited)
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Harry Akst
as Jerry (uncredited)
George Irving
as Hotel Doctor (uncredited)
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Clarence Nordstrum
as Groom in "Shuffle Off To Buffalo" Number (uncredited)
Jack La Rue
as Mug with Murphy (uncredited)
Henry B. Walthall
as Concerned Actor (uncredited)
Jayne Shadduck
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
