A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was judged for in 1927.
Acting
Ginger Rogers weaponizes charm as America's most lovable murderer.
Direction
Wellman's whip-smart pacing never lets satire sag.
Writing
Nunnally Johnson's script drips with press-bashing venom.
Director
William A. Wellman
Ginger Rogers
Roxie Hart
Adolphe Menjou
Billy Flynn
George Montgomery
Homer Howard
Lynne Overman
Jake Callahan
Nigel Bruce
E. Clay Benham
Phil Silvers
Babe
Sara Allgood
Mrs. Morton
William Frawley
O'Malley
Spring Byington
Mary Sunshine
Ted North
Stuart Chapman
Helene Reynolds
Velma Wall
George Chandler
Amos Hart
Charles D. Brown
Charles E. Murdock
Morris Ankrum
Martin S. Harrison
George Lessey
Judge
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This predates the famous Kander & Ebb musical Chicago by 26 years, though both adapt the same 1926 play.
Released during WWII, its cynical take on empty patriotism and manufactured fame hit different—audiences lapped it up anyway.
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