Directed by:
David MillerCinematography:
Stanley CortezComposer:
Frank SkinnerCast:
Susan Hayward, John Gavin, Vera Miles, Charles Drake, Virginia Grey, Reginald Gardiner, Tammy Marihugh, Richard Eyer, Lilyan Chauvin, Natalie Schafer (more)Plots(1)
Universal knew how to wring the last tear out of an old soggy hankie. This was the third version of BACK STREET, and the only holdover from the 1941 picture was Skinner, who got an Oscar nomination for the music 20 years before. When Ross Hunter gets his manicured nails into something, you may be certain its not just a remake; its a glossy, glitzy, glamorous picture that is long on luxury. Susan Hayward (Brooklyns own Edith Marrener) is the Irene Dunne/Margaret Sullavan character and John Gavin plays the Boles/Boyer part. Vera Miles is third-billed as Gavins wife, a shrewish alcoholic who wont give John a divorce. Susan is ten years older than John and Vera but she looks good in Jean Louis Oscar-nominated gowns, and Stanley Cortezs soft-focus camerawork keeps her just fuzzy enough to be gorgeous (she was 43 when the film was made). Susan as "the other woman" not only chews up the scenery, she is hard at work gnawing the clothing as well. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Susan Hayward
USA
Best movies:
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Rawhide (1951)
The Lusty Men (1952)
John Gavin
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
Spartacus (1960)
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980) (TV movie)
Vera Miles
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
The Wrong Man (1956)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Charles Drake
USA
Best movies:
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Conflict (1945)
Showdown (1963)
Virginia Grey
USA
Best movies:
Airport (1970)
Test Pilot (1938)
The Rose Tattoo (1955)
Reginald Gardiner
UK
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Lodger (1927)
The Flying Deuces (1939)
Tammy Marihugh
USA
Best movies:
A Thunder of Drums (1961)
The Last Voyage (1960)
Richard Eyer
USA
Best movies:
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Fort Dobbs (1958)
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
Lilyan Chauvin
France
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
King Creole (1958)
Natalie Schafer
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Day of the Locust (1975)
Secret Beyond the Door (1948)
Joseph Mell
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Big Heat (1953)
The Harder They Fall (1956)
Don Dillaway
USA
Best movies:
Storm Warning (1951)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Eddie Foster
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
The General (1926)
White Heat (1949)
Hanna Hertelendy
Hungary
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Dick Kallman
USA
Best movies:
Verboten! (1959)
Alex Gerry
USA
Best movies:
Storm Warning (1951)
Three Little Words (1950)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Hayden Rorke
USA
Best movies:
Spencer's Mountain (1963)
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
An American in Paris (1951)
Joyce Meadows
Canada
Best movies:
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
True Identity (1991)
Fatal love (1992) (TV movie)
Eugene Borden
France
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
All About Eve (1950)
Mary Lawrence
USA
Best movies:
The Stratton Story (1949)
The Best Man (1964)
The Sound of Fury (1950)