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The Big Street (1942)

The Big Street

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1h 28m

Drama, Musicals, Romance

August 13th, 1942

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Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses him.

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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
Colonel Samuel Venus
Full cast & crew

Directors

Irving Reis
Full cast & crew

Producers

Damon Runyon
producer
Leonard Spigelgass
producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

Leonard Spigelgass
screenplay
Damon Runyon
(from the Collier's Magazine story "Little Pinks")
Full cast & crew

Taglines

Damon Runyon's thrill-packed story of Broadway . . . as only he could tell it !
"I LOVE LUCILLE"...That's what everybody says! (re-release print ad)
DAMON RUNYON'S Heart-Walloping story of Broadway!
All Taglines

Keywords

self sacrifice
held at gunpoint
unrequited love
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

March 22nd, 1950 (France)
January 8th, 1943 (Mexico)
June 4th, 1943 (Portugal)
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

The Big Street (original title)
Rua da Ilusão (Brazil) (alternative title)
Ilusão (Brazil) (alternate title)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Holland Tunnel, New York City, New York, USA (second unit - exteriors)
Miami Beach, Florida, USA (second unit - exteriors)
Miami, Florida, USA
All Locations

Running Times

88 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.37 : 1

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures (presents)

Distribution Companies

Warner Home Video (Canada)
RKO Radio Pictures (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
RKO Radio Pictures (United States of America) (as An RKO Radio Picture)
All Distribution Companies

Other Companies

RCA (India) (sound system)

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