Directed by:
William A. WellmanCinematography:
James Van TreesComposer:
William AxtCast:
Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, Franchot Tone, Andy Devine, Una Merkel, Frank Conroy, Warren Hymer, Harold Huber, Martha Sleeper, Charley Grapewin (more)Plots(1)
A young woman is on trial for murder. In flashback, we learn of her struggles to overcome poverty as a teenager -- a mistaken arrest and prison term for shoplifting and lack of employment lead to involvement with gangsters. In a brothel, she meets a young lawyer, scion of a wealthy and prestigious family, who falls for her and helps her turn around her life. But her past catches up with her, and she must face the music rather than cause him scandal. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Loretta Young
USA
Best movies:
Love Is News (1937)
The Stranger (1946)
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
Ricardo Cortez
USA
Best movies:
The Last Hurrah (1958)
The Walking Dead (1936)
The Locket (1946)
Franchot Tone
USA
Best movies:
Advise and Consent (1962)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Three Comrades (1938)
Andy Devine
USA
Best movies:
Stagecoach (1939)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Lonesome (1928)
Una Merkel
USA
Best movies:
The Parent Trap (1961)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Way Down East (1920)
Frank Conroy
UK
Best movies:
Love Is News (1937)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Warren Hymer
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Harold Huber
USA
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
San Francisco (1936)
Martha Sleeper
USA
Best movies:
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Hollywood Party (1934)
Charley Grapewin
USA
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
Captains Courageous (1937)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Halliwell Hobbes
UK
Best movies:
Gaslight (1944)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
USA
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Sunset Blvd. (1950)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Easter Parade (1948)
Louise Beavers
USA
Best movies:
Freaks (1932)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Ernie Adams
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Don Brodie
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Little Big Man (1970)
Philo McCullough
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Love Crazy (1941)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Bill Elliott
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
Lynton Brent
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
King Kong (1933)
Lee Phelps
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Miki Morita
Japan
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
The Awful Truth (1937)
Lady for a Day (1933)