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Big-bucks disaster melodrama. Three brothers clash in the build- up to the 1871 Chicago fire. Nominated for Oscar's Best Picture; winner for supporting actress Alice Brady.

Keywords:

Drama, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Oscar Best Picture Nominated

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1938) (USA) (3 Star)

Cast:

Tyrone Power	.... Dion O'Leary
Alice Faye	.... Belle Fawcett
Don Ameche	.... Jack O'Leary
Alice Brady	.... Molly O'Leary
Andy Devine	.... Pickle Bixby
Brian Donlevy	.... Gil Warren

Supporting Cast:

Phyllis Brooks	.... Ann Colby
Tom Brown	.... Bob O'Leary
Sidney Blackmer	.... Gen. Phil Sheridan
Berton Churchill	.... Sen. Colby
June Storey	.... Gretchen O'Leary
Paul Hurst	.... Mitch
Tyler Brooke	.... Specialty singer
J. Anthony Hughes	.... Patrick O'Leary
Gene Reynolds	.... Dion O'Leary
Bobs Watson	.... Bob O'Leary
Billy Watson	.... Jack O'Leary
Madame Sul-Te-Wan	.... Hattie
Spencer Charters	.... Police Commissioner W.J. Beavers
Rondo Hatton	.... Rondo

Directors:

Henry King

Writers:

Niven Busch
Sonya Levien