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In Old Chicago (1938)

"The Great American Motion Picture!"

6.5/10 1h 51m Apr 15, 1938
Drama History

The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.

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Movie Details

Original Title In Old Chicago
Original Language EN
Budget $10,000,000
Status Released
Popularity 0.4

Cast

Tyrone Power
Tyrone Power
Dion O'Leary
Popularity: 7.4
Alice Faye
Alice Faye
Belle Fawcett
Popularity: 4.6
Don Ameche
Don Ameche
Jack O'Leary
Popularity: 6.7
Alice Brady
Alice Brady
Molly O'Leary
Popularity: 5.1
Andy Devine
Andy Devine
Pickle Bixby
Popularity: 9.2
Brian Donlevy
Brian Donlevy
Gil Warren
Popularity: 1.6
Phyllis Brooks
Phyllis Brooks
Ann Colby
Popularity: 0.8
Tom Brown
Tom Brown
Bob O'Leary
Popularity: 12.8
Sidney Blackmer
Sidney Blackmer
General Phil Sheridan
Popularity: 4.0
Berton Churchill
Berton Churchill
Senator Colby
Popularity: 5.4
June Storey
June Storey
Gretchen
Popularity: 1.7
Paul Hurst
Paul Hurst
Mitch
Popularity: 7.2

Key Crew

Screenplay Lamar Trotti, Sonya Levien
Director Henry King
Editor Barbara McLean
Producer Darryl F. Zanuck

Production

Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
20th Century Fox
US

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Keywords

chicago, illinois fire musical conflagration disaster movie great fire brother brother relationship brothers

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 6/10
Apr 4, 2022

The two "O'Leary" brothers grow up without their father in an house where their widowed mother runs quite a successful laundry business. One son, "Jack" (Don Ameche), shows promise as a lawyer; the other "Dion" (Tyrone Power) is a more inventive sort of fella. After a few, quite entertaining wooing ... Read more

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Details
Release Date April 15, 1938
Runtime 1h 51m
Budget $10,000,000
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.4
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