Directed by:
Michael CurtizCinematography:
Ted D. McCordComposer:
Ray HeindorfCast:
Ann Blyth, Paul Newman, Richard Carlson, Gene Evans, Alan King, Cara Williams, Virginia Vincent, Walter Woolf King, Edward Platt, Warren Douglas, Sammy White (more)Plots(1)
Helen Morgan has beauty, talent, success. Yet they mean nothing to her without the love of Larry Maddox, the bootlegger who leads Helen on and drops her so often she finally hits bottom. Set in the roaring '20s, The Helen Morgan Story is also Maddox's story. In his fifth film, Paul Newman plays the mobster with slick assuredness. In her final movie, Ann Blyth portrays the troubled songstress (and Show Boat original cast member), with Gogi Grant performing vocals on signature Morgan tunes. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ann Blyth
USA
Best movies:
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Brute Force (1947)
Thunder on the Hill (1951)
Paul Newman
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Sting (1973)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Richard Carlson
USA
Best movies:
The Little Foxes (1941)
The Sound of Fury (1950)
The Golden Blade (1953)
Gene Evans
USA
Best movies:
Ace in the Hole (1951)
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
Storm Warning (1951)
Alan King
USA
Best movies:
Casino (1995)
Prince of the City (1981)
The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
Cara Williams
USA
Best movies:
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Laura (1944)
Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
Virginia Vincent
USA
Best movies:
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
Change of Habit (1969)
I Want to Live! (1958)
Walter Woolf King
USA
Best movies:
A Night at the Opera (1935)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Airport (1970)
Edward Platt
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Proud Ones (1956)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Warren Douglas
USA
Best movies:
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Air Force (1943)
City for Conquest (1940)
Sammy White
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Show Boat (1936)
Rudy Vallee
USA
Best movies:
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)
The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
Robert Clarke
USA
Best movies:
Band of Angels (1957)
Under the Tonto Rim (1947)
The Body Snatcher (1945)
Leonard Bremen
USA
Best movies:
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
The Front Page (1974)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Miguel Palenzuela
Best movies:
Earth (1996)
Open Your Eyes (1997)
The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
Juli Reding
USA
Best movies:
Darby's Rangers (1958)
The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
Vice Raid (1959)
Alan Sues
USA
Best movies:
Move Over, Darling (1963)
The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
The Americanization of Emily (1964)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Charles Cane
USA
Best movies:
The Killing (1956)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
The Big Heat (1953)
William H. O'Brien
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
The Graduate (1967)