Back Street
7.167
89 minutes
2/7/1941
Overview
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.
Cast List
Charles Boyer
as Walter Louis 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
Peggy Stewart
as Freda Smith
Samuel S. Hinds
as Felix Darren
Nell O'Day
as Elizabeth Saxel
Nella Walker
as Corinne Saxel
Cecil Cunningham
as Mrs. Miller
Irving Bacon
as Ticket seller
Howard Hickman
as Williams
Mary Forbes
as Mrs. Williams
Charles Lane
as Reporter for Associated News
Joseph Crehan
as Postman
Dick Elliott
as Hotel desk clerk
Ludwig Stössel
as Louis
Selmer Jackson
as Arthur the butler