A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was judged for in 1927.

Ginger Rogers
as Roxie Hart

Adolphe Menjou
as Billy Flynn

George Montgomery
as Homer Howard

Lynne Overman
as Jake Callahan

Nigel Bruce
as E. Clay Benham

Phil Silvers
as Babe

Sara Allgood
as Mrs. Morton

William Frawley
as O'Malley

Spring Byington
as Mary Sunshine

Ted North
as Stuart Chapman