Back Street
1941 | 89m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Robert Stevenson |
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| Writer: | Felix Jackson, Bruce Manning, Fannie Hurst |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 07, 1941 |
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| Director: | Robert Stevenson |
| Writer: | Felix Jackson, Bruce Manning, Fannie Hurst |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | mistress, gossip |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Charles Boyer | Walter Louis Saxel |
| Margaret Sullavan | Ray Smith |
| Richard Carlson | Curt Stanton |
| Frank McHugh | Ed Porter |
| Tim Holt | Richard Saxel |
| Frank Jenks | Harry Niles |
| Esther Dale | Mrs. Smith |
| Peggy Stewart | Freda Smith |
| Samuel S. Hinds | Felix Darren |
| Nell O'Day | Elizabeth Saxel |
| Nella Walker | Corinne Saxel |
| Cecil Cunningham | Mrs. Miller |
| Irving Bacon | Ticket seller |
| Howard Hickman | Williams |
| Mary Forbes | Mrs. Williams |
| Charles Lane | Reporter for Associated News |
| Joseph Crehan | Postman |
| Dick Elliott | Hotel desk clerk |
| Ludwig Stössel | Louis |
| Selmer Jackson | Arthur the butler |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Felix Jackson | Screenplay |
| Bruce Manning | Screenplay |
| Robert Stevenson | Director |
| Fannie Hurst | Novel |
| Frank Skinner | Original Music Composer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
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