Fresh
As a film entertainment it is socko.
Variety Staff, Variety
In Old Chicago
The Great American Motion Picture!
1938 · 1h 50m · APPROVED
Action, Drama
Directed by
Henry King
Overview
The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.
Director and cast
- Henry King Director
- Tyrone Power as Dion O'Leary
- Alice Faye as Belle Fawcett
- Don Ameche as Jack O'Leary
- Alice Brady as Molly O'Leary
- Andy Devine as Pickle Bixby
- Brian Donlevy as Gil Warren
- Phyllis Brooks as Ann Colby
- Tom Brown as Bob O'Leary
- Sidney Blackmer as General Phil Sheridan
- J. Anthony Hughes as Pat O'Leary
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Under Henry King's direction there is little of the old Fox pep.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
With a star-filled cast and a fitful sense of drama, it's pretty much the same old recipe as the equivalent cycle of megabudget '70s exploiters, but the climactic conflagration is certainly worth the wait.
Time Out
Fresh
Mr. King's direction, occasionally, is inspired, and the photography has unusual style and dramatic impact.
New York Times
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