Dr. Broadway (1942)

New York City physician, Dr. Timothy Kane, knows Broadway, the Great White Way and all of its characters thoroughly, as does his receptionist, Connie Madigan. A man Kane had sent to prison ... See full summary »

Director:

Anthony Mann

Writers:

Borden Chase (novel), Art Arthur (screenplay)

Stars:

Macdonald Carey, Jean Phillips, Eduardo Ciannelli

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Macdonald Carey	...	Dr. Timothy Kane / Dr. Broadway
Jean Phillips	...	Connie Madigan
Eduardo Ciannelli	...	Vic Telli (as Edward Cianelli)
Richard Lane	...	Police Sgt. Patrick Doyle
J. Carrol Naish	...	Jack Venner
Joan Woodbury	...	Margie Dove
Arthur Loft	...	Capt. Mahoney
Warren Hymer	...	Maxie the Goat
Frank Bruno	...	Marty Weber
Sid Melton	...	Louie La Conga (as Sidney Melton)
Olin Howland	...	Professor (as Olin Howlin)
Gerald Mohr	...	Red
Abe Dinovitch	...	Benny
Thomas W. Ross	...	Magistrate (as Thomas Ross)
Charles C. Wilson	...	Dist. Atty. McNamara

Storyline

New York City physician, Dr. Timothy Kane, knows Broadway, the Great White Way and all of its characters thoroughly, as does his receptionist, Connie Madigan. A man Kane had sent to prison is now dying, and asks Kane to locate a daughter and give her his fortune. However, others think they have a claim on it, and are out to ensure their claim, usually by foul means.

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Plot Keywords:

prison | physician | receptionist | new york city | great white way | 

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Taglines:

Specialist In Heart Trouble... and Lead Poisoning!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 May 1942 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dottor Broadway

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

68 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

User Reviews

Suspense in the Times Square of old

Entertaining little suspenser starring Macdonald Carey as Dr. Broadway.

After agreeing to do a favor for Eduardo Cianelli who is done in, Carey must unravel his murder while coming to the aid of his Ginger Rogers lookalike secretary played by Jean Phillips. J. Carroll Naish aims to toss her from a high window unless Carey comes up with Cianelli's $100,000. Mix in a crew of Runyanesque helpers, a police lieutenant, a judge, a phony daughter and you have a snappy 68 minute helping of suspense in a light vein.

Not noir, although sometimes loosely listed as such, since our hero never loses his cheerfulness, it nevertheless has a spareness, dark photography in places, and a story line that, with more consistent seriousness and toughness, could go into noir. So let's call it pre-noir, especially since Anthony Mann directed it, and leave it at that. Whatever it is, it's enjoyable. It never drags and it's not pretentious.