42nd Street (1933)
Directed by Lloyd Bacon · 89 min · Comedy, Drama, Romance
52.1 TOPICAL score · #1,777 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
42nd Street (1933, directed by Lloyd Bacon) has a TOPICAL score of 52.1 - ranked 1,777 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on historical impact and critics, and lowest on cast. It won 0 awards from 2 nominations. Critics: 96% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.7/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.9/10 (228 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 33 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 6,776 films we score. How the score works.
- Critics96% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.7/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.9/10 (228 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 2 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 33 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read8,890 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Warner Baxter (actor #845), Bebe Daniels, George Brent (actor #1,224), Ruby Keeler
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