Back Street (1961)
Directed by David Miller · 107 min · Drama, Romance
7.5 TOPICAL score · #5,879 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Ambitious but thwarted, Rae Smith meets handsome U.S. Marine Paul Saxon, of the Saxon department store chain, as he passes through Lincoln, Nebraska, on his way home from World War II. There's a definite spark between them but circumstances intervene and he leaves town without her. Later she learns he's married. Determined to make it as a fashion designer, Rae moves to New York City and becomes a great success. One day she happens to meet Paul again and again there's that spark but he's still married so, as a form of escape, Rae moves to Rome to set up shop. Once again she meets Paul and finally they begin an actual affair since Paul's shrewish, drunken wife, Liz, won't give him a divorce. Time passes, the affair continues whenever time and place permit, but then, Paul's young son finds out about Rae and Rae's back-street world begins to crumble.
Back Street (1961, directed by David Miller) has a TOPICAL score of 7.5 - ranked 5,879 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and cast, and lowest on historical impact. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Audiences: TMDB 5.7/10 (19 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 9 languages.
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- AudienceTMDB 5.7/10 (19 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 9 languages
- Still read6,381 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Susan Hayward (actor #1,235), John Gavin (actor #1,002), Vera Miles (actor #685), Charles Drake