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In Old Chicago

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

1938 |1h 51m |  Drama, History

Videos

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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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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Ruth Gillette

Miss Lou

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Eddie Collins

Drunk

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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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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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William H. O'Brien

Senate Waiter (uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$10,000,000.00

Revenue

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