"A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, and then marches away to war."
Simone Simon
as Diane
James Stewart
as Chico
Jean Hersholt
as Father Chevillon
Gregory Ratoff
as Boul the Cab Driver
Gale Sondergaard
as Nana, Diane's Sister
J. Edward Bromberg
as Aristide the Astrologer
John Qualen
as Sewer Rat
Victor Kilian
as Gobin
Thomas Beck
as Brissac
Sig Ruman
as Durand (as Sig Rumann)
Mady Christians
as Marie
Rollo Lloyd
as Matoot
Rafaela Ottiano
as Madame Frisson
Georges Renavent
as Sergeant Gendarme
Edward Keane
as Gendarme
John Hamilton
Paul Porcasi
Leonid Snegoff
as Officer
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
as Nurse
Carol Adams
as Girl (uncredited)
John Bleifer
as Lamplighter (uncredited)
Eugene Borden
as Frenchman (uncredited)
Marcelle Corday
as Frenchwoman (uncredited)
Joe De Stefani
Constant Franke
Alphonse Martell
Gene Massett
as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
John Picorri
as Proprietor (uncredited)
Frank Puglia
as Postman (uncredited)
Evelyn Selbie
as Old Slattern (uncredited)
Henry King
Director
Sam Benson
Wardrobe Designer
Austin Strong
Theatre Play
Melville Baker
Writer
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Arthur von Kirbach
Sound Engineer
Barbara McLean
Editor
Gwen Wakeling
Costume Design
Robert D. Webb
Assistant Director
William S. Darling
Art Direction
Roger Heman Sr.
Merritt B. Gerstad
Director of Photography
Cyril J. Mockridge
Music
David Buttolph