Chicago (1927)
DRAMATIC STORY OF A JAZZ CRAZED WIFE
Based on a true story, two-timing boozing wife Roxie Hart kills her lover in cold blood after he leaves her, and finagles her way out being indicted.
- Date of release
- 1927-12-23
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (25)
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Crime
- Director
- Frank Urson
Casting
- Phyllis Haver — Roxie Hart
- Victor Varconi — Amos Hart
- Virginia Bradford — Katie
- Robert Edeson — William Flynn
- Eugene Pallette — Rodney Casley
- Warner Richmond — Asst. District Attorney
- T. Roy Barnes — Reporter
- Clarence Burton — Police sergeant
- Julia Faye — Velma
- May Robson — Mrs. Morton - Matron
- Viola Louie — Two Gun Rosie
Interesting facts
- Based on: Chicago
Chicago is a 1927 American silent crime comedy-drama film produced by Cecil B. DeMille and directed by Frank Urson. The first film adaptation of Maurine Dallas Watkins' 1926 play of the same name, the film stars Phyllis Haver as Roxie Hart, a fame-obsessed housewife who kills her lover in cold blood and, after trying to coerce her husband into taking the blame, is put on trial for murder.
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