The Big Street
6.4
“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.
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Cast
83 people
Henry Fonda
Little Pinks
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Grapes of Wrath
Lucille Ball
Gloria Lyons
Known for
I Love Lucy
Yours, Mine and Ours
Barton MacLane
Case Ables
Known for
I Dream of Jeannie
The Maltese Falcon
Eugene Pallette
Nicely Nicely Johnson
Known for
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Agnes Moorehead
Violette Shumberg
Known for
Bewitched
Citizen Kane
Sam Levene
Horsethief
Known for
Sweet Smell of Success
The Killers
Ray Collins
Professor B
Known for
Citizen Kane
Perry Mason
Marion Martin
Mimi Venus
Known for
Boom Town
The Big Store
William T. Orr
Decatur Reed
Known for
The Mortal Storm
George Cleveland
Samuel Venus
Known for
Lassie
It Happened Tomorrow
Vera Gordon
Mrs. Lefkowitz
Also in
Humoresque
The Living Ghost
Ozzie Nelson
Orchestra Leader
Also in
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Ozzie's Girls
Irving Reis Director · Leonard Spigelgass Screenplay Damon Runyon Story
United States release August 13, 1942 · Produced in United States · Production RKO
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 13, 1942
Theatrical
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