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| Lana Turner | ... | Georgia Larisson | |
| Kirk Douglas | ... | Jonathan Shields | |
| Walter Pidgeon | ... | Harry Pebbel | |
| Dick Powell | ... | James Lee Bartlow | |
| Barry Sullivan | ... | Fred Amiel | |
| Gloria Grahame | ... | Rosemary Bartlow | |
| Gilbert Roland | ... | Victor 'Gaucho' Ribera | |
| Leo G. Carroll | ... | Henry Whitfield | |
| Vanessa Brown | ... | Kay Amiel | |
| Paul Stewart | ... | Syd Murphy | |
| Sammy White | ... | Gus | |
| Elaine Stewart | ... | Lila | |
| Ivan Triesault | ... | Von Ellstein | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Jay Adler | ... | Mr. Z - party guest (uncredited) | |
| Stanley Andrews | ... | Sheriff (uncredited) | |
| Ben Astar | ... | Joe, Party Guest (uncredited) | |
| Barbara Billingsley | ... | Evelyn Lucien, Costume Designer (uncredited) | |
| John Bishop | ... | Ferraday (uncredited) | |
| Madge Blake | ... | Mrs. Rosser (uncredited) | |
| Marshall Bradford | ... | Man Outside Club (uncredited) | |
| Hadda Brooks | ... | Piano player (uncredited) | |
| Robert Burton | ... | McDill (uncredited) | |
| Francis X. Bushman | ... | Eulogist (uncredited) | |
| Louis Calhern | ... | Georgia Larrison (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Marietta Canty | ... | Ida (uncredited) | |
| Robert Carson | ... | Casting Director (uncredited) | |
| Janet Comerford | ... | Bobby-Soxer (uncredited) | |
| James Conaty | ... | Party Guest (uncredited) | |
| Jonathan Cott | ... | Assistant Director (uncredited) | |
| Lillian Culver | ... | Real Estate Woman (uncredited) | |
| Alexis Davidoff | ... | Priest (uncredited) | |
| Bob Davis | ... | Assistant (uncredited) | |
| Sandy Descher | ... | Screaming Little Girl on "Cat Man" set (uncredited) | |
| Phil Dunham | ... | Pawn Broker (uncredited) | |
| Steve Dunhill | ... | Cameraman (uncredited) | |
| Franklyn Farnum | ... | Assistant on Set (uncredited) | |
| James Farrar | ... | Publicity Man (uncredited) | |
| Bess Flowers | ... | Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited) | |
| Steve Forrest | ... | Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited) | |
| Kathleen Freeman | ... | Miss March (uncredited) | |
| Frank Gerstle | ... | Gabby Agent at Party (uncredited) | |
| Ned Glass | ... | Wardrobe Man (uncredited) | |
| Lisa Golm | ... | Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed) | |
| Phyllis Graffeo | ... | Leading Lady (uncredited) | |
| A. Cameron Grant | ... | Timmy, Assistant Director (uncredited) | |
| William E. Greene | ... | Hugh Shields in Portrait (uncredited) | |
| Dabbs Greer | ... | Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited) | |
| Sam Harris | ... | Party Guest (uncredited) | |
| Stuart Holmes | ... | Poker Player (uncredited) | |
| Ted Jordan | ... | Assistant Director (uncredited) | |
| Kurt Kasznar | ... | Party guest (uncredited) | |
| Joseph Keane | ... | Assistant Director (uncredited) | |
| Kenner G. Kemp | ... | Mourner (uncredited) | |
| Peggy King | ... | Singer (uncredited) | |
| Lucy Knoch | ... | Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited) | |
| Mike Lally | ... | Preview Ticket Taker (uncredited) | |
| George J. Lewis | ... | 'Far Away Mountain' Test Actor #2 (uncredited) | |
| Paul Marion | ... | Spanish Actor in Screen Test (uncredited) | |
| Paul Maxey | ... | Man talking to gabby agent at party (uncredited) | |
| May McAvoy | ... | Pebbel's secretary (uncredited) | |
| Harold Miller | ... | Mourner at Shields Funeral (uncredited) | |
| Patrick J. Molyneaux | ... | Studio Electrician (uncredited) | |
| Roger Moore | ... | Cigar Clerk (uncredited) | |
| Ellanora Needles | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| Richard Norris | ... | Leading Man (uncredited) | |
| William H. O'Brien | ... | Waiter at Party (uncredited) | |
| Christopher Olsen | ... | Amiel's Boy (uncredited) | |
| Pat O'Malley | ... | Man Outside Club (uncredited) | |
| Dorothy Patrick | ... | Arlene (uncredited) | |
| William 'Bill' Phillips | ... | Assistant Director (uncredited) | |
| Paul Power | ... | Theatre Manager (uncredited) | |
| Kathy Qualen | ... | Bobby-Soxer (uncredited) | |
| Frank J. Scannell | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| Perry Sheehan | ... | Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited) | |
| George Sherwood | ... | Cameraman (uncredited) | |
| Reginald Simpson | ... | Poker Player (uncredited) | |
| Mabel Smaney | ... | Heavy Woman (uncredited) | |
| William Tannen | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| Arthur Tovey | ... | Actor in Catman Suit (uncredited) | |
| Dee Turnell | ... | Linda Ronley (uncredited) | |
| Kaaren Verne | ... | Rosa (uncredited) | |
| Ray Walker | ... | Cameraman (uncredited) | |
| Harte Wayne | ... | Judge (uncredited) | |
| Larry Williams | ... | Poker Player (uncredited) | |
| Eric Wilton | ... | Butler (uncredited) | |
| Douglas Yorke | ... | Leading Man (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Vincente Minnelli | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Charles Schnee | (screenplay) | |
| George Bradshaw | (story) | |
Produced by | |||
| John Houseman | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| David Raksin | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Robert Surtees | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Conrad A. Nervig | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Edward C. Carfagno | (as Edward Carfagno) | ||
| Cedric Gibbons | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| F. Keogh Gleason | (as Keogh Gleason) | ||
| Edwin B. Willis | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Helen Rose | (costumes: women) | ||
Makeup Department | |||
| Sydney Guilaroff | .... | hair stylist | |
| William Tuttle | .... | makeup artist | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Jerry Thorpe | .... | assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Douglas Shearer | .... | recording supervisor | |
Special Effects by | |||
| A. Arnold Gillespie | .... | special effects | |
| Warren Newcombe | .... | special effects | |
Stunts | |||
| Eric Alden | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Gus Bivona | .... | musician: saxophone (uncredited) | |
| Lawrence Morton | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
| David Raksin | .... | conductor (uncredited) | |
| David Raksin | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
| Ruby Raksin | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Alex Romero | .... | choreographer (uncredited) | |
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This glossy, trashy soap opera of a movie has won all sorts of accolades and an idolatrous fan base, but its appeal is lost on me. It's filmed in chilly black and white, giving it the patina of an art film, but if this were filmed in blazing Technicolor, it wouldn't be any more distinguished than a heap of other 50s sudsers, like "Peyton Place" or "The Best of Everything." Vincente Minellis proved that he could do shadowy melodramas as well as colorful musicals, but his direction is still fairly anonymous. The pacing of the film itself, with its rigid flashback structure, is monotonous, and it's much too long. I get a kick out of Gloria Grahame in whatever she's in, so she was a welcome addition to the cast, but she's in the film for maybe ten minutes late into its running time, and I was too numbed by indifference by the time she appeared to regain interest. Dick Powell is the only other actor I really remember, mostly because his dry, cynical writer character was so far removed from the bouncy, googly-eyed boy-next-door roles he played in all of the Warners musicals.
Grade: C+