42nd Street

42nd Street

1933 · 89 min · EN · NR · 7.0 (229 votes)
Dir. Lloyd Bacon · Starring Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Una Merkel · Music Al Dubin

“The Greatest Musical Hit the Screen Has Ever Known!”

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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.

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A dazzling, high-energy plunge into the cutthroat world of Broadway. It's a whirlwind of ambition, last-minute miracles, and the sheer, unadulterated thrill of putting on a show, all with a pre-code sparkle.

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