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Overview

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4.8/10   518 votes
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Director:
Howard Brookner
Writers:
Howard Brookner (screenplay) &
Colman deKay (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
3 November 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
When Life Was Glittering, Glamorous... And Dangerous...
Plot:
This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Desperately Seeking Susan Tops Birthday Film List
 (From WENN. 15 August 2008, 9:06 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
De-lovely more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Josef Sommer ... Waldo Winchester

Madonna ... Hortense Hathaway
Tony Azito ... Waiter

Jennifer Grey ... Lovey Lou

Tony Longo ... Crunch Sweeney

Rutger Hauer ... The Brain

Matt Dillon ... Regret

Stephen McHattie ... Red Henry
Anita Morris ... Miss Missouri Martin

Ethan Phillips ... Basil Valentine

Alan Ruck ... John Wangle
Dinah Manoff ... Maud Milligan

David Youse ... Busboy

Randy Quaid ... Feet Samuels
Julie Hagerty ... Harriet MacKyle
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Additional Details

Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:PG (No. 29558) | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Iceland:L
Filming Locations:
New York, USA

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Trivia:
The film went into nationwide release with one reel missing. No one noticed. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: The film makes reference to famous police detective Dick Tracy, however the film is set in 1928 and the Dick Tracy comic wasn't released until 1931. more
Quotes:
Harriet MacKyle: Kill him, Basil. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952) more
Soundtrack:
The Man From Harlem more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
De-lovely, 30 November 2005
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Author: Red7Eric from Washington, DC

If you like the jargon and swagger of "Guys & Dolls," you should enjoy "Bloodhounds of Broadway," another collection of Damon Runyon stories pieces together to make an ensemble film, without quite as much music. This one unfolds much like a three-act play. The first act takes place during the day on December 31, 1928. The second rings in the New Year and the third shows our characters meeting their (mostly) happy endings the next morning. The fact that 1929 will not be universally kind to all of them adds a bittersweet note to the final frames. Madonna has a small role, and it's not her finest performance, but saddled with the clichéd "showgirl with a heart of gold" character, she does well, and her final moments with co-star Randy Quaid are charming. Quaid himself gives a marvelous performance, as does Julie Hagerty as a "society dame" who'd rather be a gun moll, and Rutger Hauer as a dying gangster in an effective and underplayed morality story.

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