Chicago

IMDb link: 0017750
IMDb rating: 7.3 (646 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Musical
Director: Frank Urson
Cast: Phyllis Haver, Victor Varconi, Virginia Bradford, Robert Edeson and others

Release date: 23 Dec 1927
Release year: 1927
Runtime: 105 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: jury trial, dumb cop, dumb husband, wife cheats on her husband, lie, courtroom stageplay, courtroom drama, courtroom, court, affair

Plot:

Based on a true crime story, the movie is about a wild jazz-loving and boozing wife Roxie Hart who kills her boyfriend in cold blood after he leaves her, and how she finagles her way out being convicted. Remade once as a movie, and as a Broadway musical.

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