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.
Where to watch
Amazon Video
Rent · Buy
Apple TV Store
Rent · Buy
Google Play Movies
Rent · Buy
YouTube
Rent · Buy
Fandango At Home
Rent · Buy
FlixFling
Rent · Buy
Your rating
Your review
Cast
92 people
Warner Baxter
Julian Marsh
Known for
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Bebe Daniels
Dorothy Brock
Known for
The Maltese Falcon
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
George Brent
Pat Denning
Known for
The Spiral Staircase
Dark Victory
Ruby Keeler
Peggy
Known for
Gold Diggers of 1933
Footlight Parade
Guy Kibbee
Abner Dillon
Known for
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Captain Blood
Una Merkel
Lorraine Fleming
Known for
The Parent Trap
The Bank Dick
Ginger Rogers
Ann
Known for
Top Hat
Monkey Business
Ned Sparks
Barry
Known for
Gold Diggers of 1933
Lady for a Day
Dick Powell
Billy Lawler
Known for
Murder, My Sweet
Pitfall
Allen Jenkins
Mac Elroy
Known for
Top Cat
Pillow Talk
Edward Nugent
Terry
Known for
Night Nurse
Robert McWade
Jones
Known for
Grand Hotel
Cimarron
Lloyd Bacon Director · Rian James Screenplay James Seymour Screenplay
Worldwide gross $2.3M · Budget $439K · United States release March 11, 1933
Box office
Budget
$439,000
Worldwide gross
$2,281,000
Gross vs. budget
5.2×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 23, 1933
Premiere · Denver, Colorado
United States · March 11, 1933
Theatrical
United States · September 19, 2000
Physical · DVD
United States
March 8, 1933 · Premiere · Los Angeles, California
March 9, 1933 · Premiere · New York City, New York
March 21, 2006 · Physical · DVD
October 12, 2010 · Physical · DVD
May 21, 2015 · Physical · Blu-ray
Austria
May 27, 1934 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 9, 1933 · Theatrical
June 1, 2006 · Physical · DVD
More from Lloyd Bacon
Other films they directed, best known first.
If you liked 42nd Street
Picks that share its genres, themes, cast and crew.
Some details come from TheTVDB.