Broadway Bill

Broadway Bill

The Comedy Successor to 'It Happened One Night'

Directed by Frank Capra

Produced by Columbia Pictures

1934104 min6.0 / 10

A lighthearted romantic comedy about a man pursuing his passion for horse racing while escaping family control, with warmth and humor grounded in the scrappy determination of underdogs.

Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons-in-law, Dan Brooks, and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his job as manager of J.L.'s paper box factory and devotes his life to his racing horse Broadway Bill, but his bankroll is thin and the luck is against him. He is arrested because of $150 he owes somebody for horse food, but suddenly a planned fraud by somebody else seems to offer him a chance...

Questions people ask

  • Does Broadway Bill end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 85% of films.

  • Is Broadway Bill scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Broadway Bill easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Is Broadway Bill violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Broadway Bill sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

16/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity5

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise26

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love22

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Broadway Bill

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Broadway Bill

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Broadway Bill, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Broadway Bill, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Broadway Bill, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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