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The Widow from Chicago is a american film of genre Drama directed by Edward F. Cline released in USA on 23 november 1930 with Alice White

The Widow from Chicago (1930)

The Widow from Chicago
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Released in USA 23 november 1930
Length 1h4
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Crime,    Romance
Rating63% 3.1938753.1938753.1938753.1938753.193875

The Widow from Chicago is a 1930 American Pre-Code crime drama film released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. and directed by Edward F. Cline. The movie stars Alice White, Edward G. Robinson, Neil Hamilton and Frank McHugh. Planned as a full-scale musical, the songs were cut from the film before release due to the public's aversion for musicals.

Synopsis

Two detectives, played by John Elliot and Harold Goodwin, board a train in pursuit of a gangster, who is played by Neil Hamilton. Hamilton is travelling to New York to work for Edward G. Robinson, a notorious gangster who owns a nightclub. Hamilton jumps off the train near a bridge crossing and since no trace of him can be found the police believe him to be dead. Goodwin assumes Hamilton's identity and joins Robinson's gang but is quickly discovered to be an imposter and shot. Determined to find out who killed her brother, Alice White poses as Hamilton's widow and attempts to get a job at Robinson's nightclub. Hamilton eventually shows up and White is almost exposed as an imposter. Hamilton, however, is eventually persuaded by White and he promises not to tell Robinson the truth. White and Hamilton fall in love. During a hold-up, White protects Hamilton by shooting at a cop in the back. Hamilton begins to think of reforming due to White's influence. White eventually gets Robinson to confess that he shot her brother by pretending to be interested in him. She leaves the phone off the hook while the police listen in on his confession. When the police show up, Robinson realizes what White has done and uses White as a shield against the police but Hamilton manages to save White and Robinson is forced to surrender to the police.

Actors

Alice White

(Polly Henderson, aka Polly Dorgan)Edward G. Robinson

(Dominic)Neil Hamilton

(Georgie 'Swifty' Dorgan)Frank McHugh

(Slug O'Donnell)Lee Shumway

(Johnston (Credits) / Chris Johnson)
And :
Brooks Benedict
E. H. Calvert
John Elliott
Harold Goodwin
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