At a family dinner, patriarch "Higgins" (Walter Connolly) - who has his name on practic...
Broadway Bill
Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons-in-law, Dan Brooks, and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his job as manager of J.L.'s paper box factory and devotes his life to his racing horse Broadway Bill, but his bankroll is thin and the luck is against him. He is arrested because of $150 he owes somebody for horse food, but suddenly a planned fraud by somebody else seems to offer him a chance...
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Broadway Bill
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Nov 30, 1934
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
User Score
60%
Original Title
Broadway Bill
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
Director
Frank Capra
Budget
$668,900
Revenue
$1,400,000
Description
Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons-in-law, Dan Brooks, and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his job as manager of J.L.'s paper box factory and devotes his life to his racing horse Broadway Bill, but his bankroll is thin and the luck is against him. He is arrested because of $150 he owes somebody for horse food, but suddenly a planned fraud by somebody else seems to offer him a chance...