---
title: 'Chicago (1927)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Frank Urson'
released: '1927-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 118
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/chicago-1927'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017750/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Chicago (1927)

1927 · 118 min · Comedy, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Chicago is a 1927 American silent crime comedy-drama film produced by Cecil B. DeMille and directed by Frank Urson. The first film adaptation of Maurine Dallas Watkins' 1926 play of the same name, the film stars Phyllis Haver as Roxie Hart, a fame-obsessed housewife who kills her lover in cold blood and, after trying to coerce her husband into taking the blame, is put on trial for murder.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Frank Urson](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-urson)
- **Screenplay:** [Lenore J. Coffee](https://cinepixo.com/people/lenore-j-coffee)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Cecil Copping](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-copping)
- **Producer:** [Cecil B. DeMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-b-demille)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Peverell Marley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-peverell-marley)
- **Editor:** [Anne Bauchens](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-bauchens)

## Cast

- [Victor Varconi](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-varconi)
- [Robert Edeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-edeson) as Billy Flynn
- [Julia Faye](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-faye) as Velma Kelly
- [Eugene Pallette](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-pallette)
- [May Robson](https://cinepixo.com/people/may-robson)
- [Walter Long](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-long)
- [Phyllis Haver](https://cinepixo.com/people/phyllis-haver) as Roxie Hart
- [Clarence Burton](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarence-burton)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/chicago-1927
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