Dr. Broadway (1942)

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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 »

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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
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Jack Venner
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Margie Dove
Arthur Loft ...
Capt. Mahoney
Warren Hymer ...
Maxie the Goat
Frank Bruno ...
Marty Weber
...
Louie La Conga (as Sidney Melton)
Olin Howland ...
Professor (as Olin Howlin)
...
Red
Abe Dinovitch ...
Benny
Thomas W. Ross ...
Magistrate (as Thomas Ross)
Charles C. Wilson ...
Dist. Atty. McNamara
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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. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

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Specialist In Heart Trouble... and Lead Poisoning!


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9 May 1942 (USA)  »

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Doctor Broadway  »

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(Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

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1.37 : 1
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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. See more »

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Terrific B debut for one of film noir's great auteurs
2 November 2002 | by (Chicago) – See all my reviews

I saw this when the late William K. Everson did a whole weekend of Paramount B movies, and it was easily the winner out of the whole batch, slick and atmospheric. The first feature of radio director (and Chaplin assistant director) Anthony Mann, it was a highly promising debut that inexplicably led neither to a Dr. Broadway series nor an immediate studio contract for Mann(not that the string of low-budget Bs Mann did follow it with, including Railroaded, T-Men and He Walked By Night, would necessarily have been better made at bigger studios).

Future soap opera star Macdonald Carey stars as Dr. Broadway, so-called because he serves as all-purpose medico, advisor and crime-solver to the Runyonesque denizens of Broadway. Carey is a little bland in the lead, which may be why a series didn't follow, but J. Carrol Naish is terrific as a sinister criminal who operates a tailor shop as a front-- the scene where he "takes the measure" of Dr. Broadway could have inspired the more obviously sexual double entendre banter in The Big Sleep about what kind of horse Lauren Bacall likes to ride.


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