"If you can't be famous, be infamous."

2002

1h 53m

7.1(2792 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Drama

Overview

Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.

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Cast & Crew

119 members

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Renée Zellweger

Roxie Hart

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Catherine Zeta-Jones

Velma Kelly

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Richard Gere

Billy Flynn

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Queen Latifah

Matron Mama Morton

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Ekaterina Chtchelkanova

Katalin Helinski "Hunyak"

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John C. Reilly

Amos Hart

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Christine Baranski

Mary Sunshine

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Lucy Liu

Kitty Baxter

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Taye Diggs

Bandleader

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Colm Feore

Harrison

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Dominic West

Fred Casely

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Mya

Mona

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Deidre Goodwin

June

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Denise Faye

Annie

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Susan Misner

Liz

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Cliff Saunders

Stage Manager

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Jayne Eastwood

Mrs. Borusewicz

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Bruce Beaton

Police Photographer

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Roman Podhora

Sergeant Fogarty

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Rob Smith

Newspaper Photographer

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Sean Wayne Doyle

Reporter

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Steve Behal

Prison Clerk

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Robbie Rox

Prison Guard

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Chita Rivera

Nickie

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Joey Pizzi

Bernie

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Scott Wise

Ezekial Young

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Ken Ard

Wilbur

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Marc Calamia

Hunyak's Husband

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Niki Wray

Veronica

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Gregory Mitchell

Charlie

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Sebastian La Cause

Al Lipschitz

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Brendan Wall

Billy's Assistant

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Cleve Asbury

"Gun" Reporter #1

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Rick Negron

"Gun" Reporter #2

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Shaun Amyot

"Gun" Reporter #3

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Eve Crawford

Billy's Secretary

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Bill Corsair

Newsreel Announcer

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Bill Britt

Auctioneer

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Gerry Fiorini

Sailor

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Elizabeth Law

Perfume Lady

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Joseph Scoren

Harry

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Monique Ganderton

Bare Woman #1

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April Morgan

Bare Woman #2

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Marty Moreau

Groin Reporter

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Conrad Dunn

Doctor

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Jonathan Whittaker

Bailiff

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Rod Campbell

Jury Foreman

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Brett Caruso

Harrison's Assistant

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Sean McCann

Judge

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Jeff Clarke

Court Clerk

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Patrick Salvagna

Newsboy

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Kathryn Zenna

Woman Shooter

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Jeff Pustil

Club Owner

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Roxane Barlow

Female Dancer

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Jocelyn Dowling

Female Dancer

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Melanie A. Gage

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Michelle Johnston

Female Dancer

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Charley King

Female Dancer

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Mary Ann Lamb

Female Dancer

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Vicky Lambert

Female Dancer

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Tara Nicole Hughes

Female Dancer

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Cynthia Onrubia

Female Dancer

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Karine Plantadit

Female Dancer

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Jennifer Savelli

Female Dancer

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Natalie Willes

Female Dancer

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Karen Andrew

Female Dancer

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Kelsey Chace

Female Dancer

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Catherine Chiarelli

Female Dancer

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Theresa Coombe

Female Dancer

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Lisa Ferguson

Female Dancer

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Melissa Flerangile

Female Dancer

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Michelle Galati

Female Dancer

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Sheri Godfrey

Female Dancer

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Brittany Gray

Female Dancer

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Karen Holness

Female Dancer

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Amber-Kelly Mackereth

Female Dancer

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Jodi McFadden

Female Dancer

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Faye Rauw

Female Dancer

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Rhonda Roberts

Female Dancer

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Leigh Torlage

Female Dancer

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Robyn Wong

Female Dancer

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Ted Banfalvi

Male Dancer

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Harrison Beal

Male Dancer

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Paul Becker

Male Dancer

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Jean-Luc Côté

Male Dancer

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Scott Fowler

Male Dancer

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Edgar Godineaux

Male Dancer

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Bill Hartung

Male Dancer

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Darren Lee

Male Dancer

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Troy P. Liddell

Male Dancer

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Blake McGrath

Male Dancer

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Robert Montano

Male Dancer

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Sean Palmer

Male Dancer

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Desmond Richardson

Male Dancer

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Martin Samuel

Male Dancer

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Jason Sermonia

Male Dancer

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Jeff Siebert

Male Dancer

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Sergio Trujillo

Male Dancer

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Stacy Clark Baisley

Acrobat

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Megan Fehlberg

Acrobat

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Rachel Jacobs

Acrobat

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Rebecca Leonard

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Erin Michie

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Danielle Rueda-Watts

Acrobat

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Dana Calitri

Female Ensemble

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Kate Coffman-Lloyd

Female Ensemble

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Curtis King Jr.

Male Ensemble

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Laura Dean

Female Ensemble

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Margaret Dorn

Female Ensemble

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Capathia Jenkins

Female Ensemble

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Audrey Martells

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Sara Ramirez

Female Ensemble

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Nicki Richards

Female Ensemble

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Dennis Collins

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Darius De Haas

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Willie Falk

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Timothy Shew

Male Ensemble (uncredited)

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Alfonzo Thornton

Male Ensemble (uncredited)

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Eric Troyer

Male Ensemble (uncredited)

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