Back Street

Back Street

Release Date: 1941-02-07

Overview: In turn-of-the-century Cincinnati, vibrant shop girl Ray Smith falls in love with banker Walter Saxel, who is engaged to a socially prominent woman. Inadvertently prevented from running away with Walter, Ray remains single but reunites with him five years later. Despite Walter being married and having a son, Ray becomes his mistress, and over the years suffers social ostracism and long stretches of solitude while waiting for their brief interludes together.

Rating: 7.167 / 10

Cast

Charles Boyer

Charles Boyer

as Walter Louis Saxel

Margaret Sullavan

Margaret Sullavan

as Ray Smith

Richard Carlson

Richard Carlson

as Curt Stanton

Frank McHugh

Frank McHugh

as Ed Porter

Tim Holt

Tim Holt

as Richard Saxel

Crew

  • Robert Stevenson - Director

  • Frank Skinner - Original Music Composer

  • Felix Jackson - Screenplay

  • Fannie Hurst - Novel

  • Bruce Manning - Screenplay

Reviews

No reviews available.

Similar Movies

The War of the Roses
The War of the Roses
View Details
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
View Details
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
View Details
Brief Encounter
Brief Encounter
View Details
Rashomon
Rashomon
View Details
Tevye's Daughters
Tevye's Daughters
View Details
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
View Details
The Crowd
The Crowd
View Details
Bambi
Bambi
View Details
Sihinayaki Adare (Love is a Dream)
Sihinayaki Adare (Love is a Dream)
View Details
Friends with Money
Friends with Money
View Details
Acrimony
Acrimony
View Details
One True Loves
One True Loves
View Details
Mean Girls
Mean Girls
View Details
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Crimes and Misdemeanors
View Details
The Gamblers
The Gamblers
View Details
Kramer vs. Kramer
Kramer vs. Kramer
View Details
War and Peace
War and Peace
View Details