Chicago (1927)

Title: Chicago
Original Title: Chicago
Release Date: 1927-12-23
Status: Released
Rating: 5.7/10 (from 19 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime
Production Companies: DeMille Pictures Corporation
Based on a true story, two-timing boozing wife Roxie Hart kills her lover in cold blood after he leaves her, and finagles her way out being indicted. The basis for Kander/Ebb's 1975 Broadway musical of the same name and its Oscar-winning 2002 film adaptation.
Cast

Phyllis Haver
Roxie Hart

Victor Varconi
Amos Hart

Virginia Bradford
Katie

Robert Edeson
William Flynn

Eugene Pallette
Rodney Casley

Warner Richmond
Asst. District Attorney

T. Roy Barnes
Reporter

Clarence Burton
Police sergeant

Julia Faye
Velma

May Robson
Mrs. Morton - Matron