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The Big Street (1942)
Directed by Irving Reis
“Take it from me... A Girl's Best Friend is a Dollar!”
Romance, Drama · 1h 28m
After her abusive gangster boyfriend pushes her down a flight of stairs, self-absorbed nightclub torch singer Gloria Lyons becomes paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. Despite her bitter treatment of him, busboy Little Pinks selflessly takes her in and cares for her as she alienates others.
Cast
Henry Fonda
Little Pinks
Lucille Ball
Gloria Lyons
Barton MacLane
Case Ables
Eugene Pallette
Nicely Nicely Johnson
Agnes Moorehead
Violette Shumberg
Sam Levene
Horsethief
Ray Collins
Professor B
Marion Martin
Mimi Venus
William T. Orr
Decatur Reed
George Cleveland
Samuel Venus
Vera Gordon
Mrs. Lefkowitz
O
Ozzie Nelson
Orchestra Leader
Crew
- Director
- Irving Reis
- Screenplay
- Leonard Spigelgass
- Director of Photography
- Russell Metty
- Original Music Composer
- Roy Webb, Harry Revel
- Editor
- William Hamilton
- Producer
- Damon Runyon, Leonard Spigelgass
Details
- Release date
- 1942-08-13
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- RKO Radio Pictures