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In Old Chicago( 1938)

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Overview

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

    Top Billed Cast

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      Tyrone Power

      Dion O'Leary

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      Alice Faye

      Belle Fawcett

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      Don Ameche

      Jack O'Leary

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      Alice Brady

      Molly O'Leary

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      Andy Devine

      Pickle Bixby

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      Brian Donlevy

      Gil Warren

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      Phyllis Brooks

      Ann Colby

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      Tom Brown

      Bob O'Leary

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      Sidney Blackmer

      General Phil Sheridan

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      Berton Churchill

      Senator Colby

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      June Storey

      Gretchen

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      Paul Hurst

      Mitch

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      Tyler Brooke

      Specialty Singer

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      J. Anthony Hughes

      Pat O'Leary

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      Gene Reynolds

      Dion O'Leary (as a boy)

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      Bobs Watson

      Bob O'Leary (as a boy)

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      Billy Watson

      Jack O'Leary (as a boy)

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      Madame Sul-Te-Wan

      Hattie

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      Spencer Charters

      Commissioner W.J. Beavers

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      Rondo Hatton

      Rondo - Body Guard

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      Thelma Manning

      Carrie Donahue

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      Ruth Gillette

      Miss Lou

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      Eddie Collins

      Drunk

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      Scotty Mattraw

      Beef King

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      Joe Twerp

      Stuttering Clerk

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      Clarence Wilson

      Lawyer

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      Frank Dae

      Judge

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      Harry Stubbs

      Fire Commissioner

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      Joe King

      Ship's Captain

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      Francis Ford

      Driver

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      Bob Murphy

      Police Officer

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      Wade Boteler

      Police Officer

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      Gustav von Seyffertitz

      Dutch - Politician in Jack's Office

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      Russell Hicks

      Politician in Jack's Office

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      Brooks Benedict

      Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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      George Chandler

      Onlooker (uncredited)

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      Bess Flowers

      Woman with Colby (uncredited)

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      Vera Lewis

      Wedding Witness (uncredited)

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      Bert Moorhouse

      Opening Night Guest (uncredited)

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      William H. O'Brien

      Senate Waiter (uncredited)

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      Martin Turner

      Refugee

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Apr 04 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 antics, the latter hooks up with visiting chanteuse "Belle" (Alice Faye) and together they start a business that rapidly expands so as to soon dominate the rather rundown "Patch" area of Chicago. The city government is riddled with corruption and so a group of civil libertarians nominate brother "Jac...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    10000000.00

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

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