Name: Roxie Hart
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1942-02-20
Duration: 72 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery, Lynne Overman, Nigel Bruce

1942·Comedy·1h 12m

7.1

★

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.

Directed by William A. Wellman

chicago, illinois

based on play or musical

social satire

female prisoner

tap dance

murder trial

1920s

musical acts

tabloid journalism

IMDB

N/A

Cast

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

Crew

William A. Wellman

Director

Nunnally Johnson

Screenplay

Alfred Newman

Original Music Composer

Leon Shamroy

Director of Photography

Nunnally Johnson

Producer

Hermes Pan

Choreographer

Popular Reviews

15 reviews

alesia

8.0★ · 04/11/26

roxie hart you will always be famous

Mona

6.0★ · 01/16/26

“ this picture is dedicated to all the beautiful women in the world who have shot their men full of holes out of pique. “

nPRO

7.0★ · 09/22/25

why wasn’t she blonde

marcella

10.0★ · 05/01/25

first impression of ginger rogers and i'm smitten. immediately during the middle of watching i put a lot of her filmography into my watchlist. this was so fun!

Novia

7.0★ · 04/12/25

ROXIE THE KNEES