Back Street (1941)
89 min
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.
- Release date
- February 7, 1941
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Charles Boyer as Walter Saxel
- Margaret Sullavan as Ray Smith
- Richard Carlson as Curt Stanton
- Frank McHugh as Ed Porter
- Tim Holt as Richard Saxel
- Frank Jenks as Harry Niles
- Esther Dale as Mrs. Smith
- Samuel S. Hinds as Felix Darren
- Peggy Stewart as Fredda Smith
- Nell O'Day as Elizabeth Saxel
Crew
- Robert Stevenson · Director
- Fannie Hurst · Writer
- Bruce Manning · Writer
- Felix Jackson · Writer
- Bruce Manning · Producer
- Frank Skinner · Composer
- William H. Daniels · Cinematographer
- Ted J. Kent · Editor