42nd Street
The Greatest Musical Hit the Screen Has Ever Known!
Broadway director Julian Marsh needs just one more hit show so he can retire and recover his health.It looks like he just may pull it off until temperamental star Dorthy Brock breaks her ankle on the eve of the show's premiere and has to be replaced by her understudy Peggy.
- Director
- Lloyd Bacon
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Humour
- Worldwide
- $2M
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Broadway director Julian Marsh needs just one more hit show so he can retire and recover his health. It looks like he just may pull it off until temperamental star Dorthy Brock breaks her ankle on the eve of the show's premiere and has to be replaced by her understudy Peggy.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
42nd Street returned 5.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $439,000
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $2M
- Release date
- Mar 11, 1933
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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