42nd Street (1933)
"The Greatest Musical Hit the Screen Has Ever Known!"
ThumbScore
👍 84%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 96%
(RT: 96%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Warner Baxter as Julian Marsh
Bebe Daniels as Dorothy Brock
George Brent as Pat Denning
Ruby Keeler as Peggy
Guy Kibbee as Abner Dillon
Una Merkel as Lorraine Fleming
Ned Sparks as Barry
Is 42nd Street good?
Most people think so. 84% audience score, estimated from 228 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 96%.
Overview
Broadway director Julian Marsh needs just one more hit show so he can retire and recover his health. It looks like he just may pull it off until temperamental star Dorthy Brock breaks her ankle on the eve of the show's premiere and has to be replaced by her understudy Peggy. Wikipedia ↗
