Back Street (1932)

★ 6.2 1h 33m IMDb

A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets" of his life.

Back Street

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Cast

Irene Dunne
Irene Dunne as Ray Schmidt Died 1990 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA Irene Marie Dunne (December 20, 1898 – September 4, 1990) was an American film actress and singer of the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s. She was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Actre...
John Boles
John Boles as Walter D. Saxel Died 1969 · Greenville, Texas, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Boles (October 28, 1895 – February 27, 1969) was an American singer and actor best known for playing Victor Moritz in the 1931 film Frankenstein. He start...
George Meeker
George Meeker as Kurt Shendler Died 1984 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Meeker (March 5, 1904 – August 19, 1984) was an American character movie and Broadway actor who became more of a legend off-camera than on. Meeker made se...
Zasu Pitts
Zasu Pitts as Mrs. Dole Died 1963 · Parsons, Kansas, USA Zasu Pitts was an American actress who starred in many silent dramas and comedies, transitioning successfully to mostly comedy films with the advent of sound films. She may be best known for her perfo...
June Clyde
June Clyde as Freda Schmidt Died 1987 · Maysville, Missouri, USA June Clyde (December 2, 1909, St. Joseph, Missouri – October 1, 1987, Fort Lauderdale, Florida) was an American actress, singer and dancer. She was a niece of actress Leona Hutton.
William Bakewell
William Bakewell as Richard Saxel Died 1993 · Los Angeles, California, USA William Bakewell (May 2, 1908 – April 15, 1993), also known as Billy Bakewell, was an American actor, who achieved his greatest fame as one of the premiere juvenile performers of the late 1920s and ea...

Audience Reviews

CinemaSerf 6/10 Jun 13, 2022
Irene Dunne ("Rae") gives a strong performance here as a woman who sacrifices her first love so she can help her step-sister. Many years later, she encounters the successful, married "Walter Saxel" (John Boles) again and they embark on an affair. The plot is simple, and probably rather racy for the early 1930s, but the two stars with some help from Zasu Pitts create a character-driven romantic drama with a sense of kindness and affection belied in the rather poor title. Maybe a touch too long, the story certainly takes a bit too long to get up a head of steam, but it's well worth a watch if you get a chance.

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