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219 W. 42nd St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
A managing editor of a Chicago newspaper fights to keep his star reporter on the story of a condemned anarchist's jailbreak, when the reporter is ready to quit and get married.
playwright:
Ben Hecht
,
Charles MacArthur
People (31)
Walter Baldwin
Bensinger
(Original)
George Barbier
The Mayor
(Original)
Violet Barney
Mrs. Schlosser
(Original)
Eduardo Ciannelli
Diamond Louis
(Original)
Frank Conlan
Mr. Pincus
(Original)
Claude Cooper
Sheriff Hartman
(Original)
Jessie Crommette
Mrs. Grant
(Original)
Matthew Crowley
Carl
(Original)
Larry Doyle
Policeman
(Original)
George Fleming
Policeman
(Original)
William Foran
McCue
(Original)
Frances Fuller
Peggy Grant
(Original)
Allen Jenkins
Endicott
(Original)
George Leach
Earl Williams
(Original)
Osgood Perkins
Walter Burns
(Original)
Willard Robertson
Murphy
(Original)
Joseph Spurin-Calleia
Kruger
(Original)
Dorothy Stickney
Mollie Malloy
(Original)
Lee Tracy
Hildy Johnson
(Original)
Carrie Weller
Jennie
(Original)
Gene West
Frank
(Original)
Jay Wilson
Woodenshoes Eichorn
(Original)
Vincent York
Wilson
(Original)
Tammany Young
Schwartz
(Original)
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Walter Baldwin
Bensinger
(Original)
George Barbier
The Mayor
(Original)
Violet Barney
Mrs. Schlosser
(Original)
Eduardo Ciannelli
Diamond Louis
(Original)
Frank Conlan
Mr. Pincus
(Original)
Claude Cooper
Sheriff Hartman
(Original)
Jessie Crommette
Mrs. Grant
(Original)
Matthew Crowley
Carl
(Original)
Larry Doyle
Policeman
(Original)
George Fleming
Policeman
(Original)
William Foran
McCue
(Original)
Frances Fuller
Peggy Grant
(Original)
Allen Jenkins
Endicott
(Original)
George Leach
Earl Williams
(Original)
Osgood Perkins
Walter Burns
(Original)
Willard Robertson
Murphy
(Original)
Joseph Spurin-Calleia
Kruger
(Original)
Dorothy Stickney
Mollie Malloy
(Original)
Lee Tracy
Hildy Johnson
(Original)
Carrie Weller
Jennie
(Original)
Gene West
Frank
(Original)
Jay Wilson
Woodenshoes Eichorn
(Original)
Vincent York
Wilson
(Original)
Tammany Young
Schwartz
(Original)
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Ben Hecht
Writer
Charles MacArthur
Writer
George S. Kaufman
Staging
Raymond Sovey
Scenic Design
General Technical Director
Whitsker Ray
General Manager
Richard Maney
Press Representative
Jed Harris
Producer
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Opening Date
Aug
14
1928
Closing Date
Apr
13
1929
Performances
276
as of Nov 28, 2025
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