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Producing House

Based on a true story, two-timing boozing wife Roxie Hart kills her lover in cold blood after he leaves her, and finagles her way out being indicted. The basis for Kander/Ebb's 1975 Broadway musical of the same name and its Oscar-winning 2002 film adaptation.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1927-12-23

Runtime: 103 mins

Director: Frank Urson

Spoken language: No Language

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime

Original title: Chicago

Production Companies: DeMille Pictures Corporation

Production Countries: United States of America

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