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42nd Street
42nd Street

42nd Street

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Original Broadway production filmed for Japanese television. Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes and the subsequent 1933 Hollywood film adaptation, the show focuses on the efforts of famed dictatorial Great White Way director Julian Marsh to mount a successful stage production of a musical extravaganza at the height of the Great Depression.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

154 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

01 August 1986

Country

Japan

Cast

Elizabeth Allen

Elizabeth Allen

Dorothy Brock

Joseph Bova

Joseph Bova

Bert Barry

Danny Carroll

Danny Carroll

Andy Lee

Robert Colston

Robert Colston

Oscar

Carole Cook

Carole Cook

Maggie Jones

Don Crabtree

Don Crabtree

Abner Dillon

Beth Leavel

Beth Leavel

Annie

Stan Page

Stan Page

Mac / Thug / Doctor

Lee Roy Reams

Lee Roy Reams

Billy Lawlor

Jamie Ross

Jamie Ross

Julian Marsh

Clare Leach

Clare Leach

Peggy Sawyer

Michael Dantuono

Michael Dantuono

Pat Denning

Kelly Crafton

Kelly Crafton

Phyllis

Anne Marie Roller

Anne Marie Roller

Lorraine

Paul Del Vecchio

Paul Del Vecchio

Thug

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