Roxie Hart
1942 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
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".
Direction William A. Wellman
Cast Ginger Rogers · Adolphe Menjou · George Montgomery · Lynne Overman · Nigel Bruce · Phil Silvers · Sara Allgood · William Frawley · Spring Byington · George Chandler
Soundtrack Alfred Newman
Screenplay Nunnally Johnson · Ben Hecht · Maurine Dallas Watkins
Cinematography Leon Shamroy
Original title Roxie Hart
6.7
154 votes (FilmAffinity)
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