Film
The Big Street
United States- Director
- Irving Reis
- Year
- 1942
Take it from me... A Girl's Best Friend is a Dollar!
After her abusive gangster boyfriend pushes her down a flight of stairs, self-absorbed nightclub torch singer Gloria Lyons becomes paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. Despite her bitter treatment of him, busboy Little Pinks selflessly takes her in and cares for her as she alienates others.
Top cast
Henry Fonda
Little Pinks
Lucille Ball
Gloria Lyons
Barton MacLane
Case Ables
Eugene Pallette
Nicely Nicely Johnson
Agnes Moorehead
Violette Shumberg
Sam Levene
Horsethief
Ray Collins
Professor B
Marion Martin
Mimi Venus
William T. Orr
Decatur Reed
George Cleveland
Samuel Venus
Vera Gordon
Mrs. Lefkowitz
Ozzie Nelson
Orchestra Leader
Louise Beavers
Ruby (uncredited)
Hans Conried
Louie (uncredited)
Don Barclay
Eating Contest Emcee (uncredited)
Anthony Blair
O'Rourke (uncredited)
Charles Cane
McCarty (uncredited)
Mimi Doyle
Nurse (uncredited)
Directed by
Irving Reis
Written by
Damon Runyon, Leonard Spigelgass
Produced by
Damon Runyon
