"A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite."
Joan Crawford
as Helen Wright
John Garfield
as Paul Boray
Oscar Levant
as Sid Jeffers
J. Carrol Naish
as Rudy Boray
Joan Chandler
as Gina Romney
Tom D'Andrea
as Phil Boray
Peggy Knudsen
as Florence Boray
Ruth Nelson
as Esther Boray
Craig Stevens
as Monte Loeffler
Paul Cavanagh
as Victor Wright
Richard Gaines
as Bauer
John Abbott
as Rozner
Robert Blake
as Paul Boray as a Child
Tommy Cook
as Phil Boray as a Child
Don McGuire
as Eddie
Fritz Leiber
as Hagerstrom
Peg La Centra
as Night Club Singer
Nestor Paiva
as Orchestra Leader
Harlan Briggs
as Toy Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Party Guest / Concert Attendee (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
as Professor (uncredited)
Gary Armstrong
as Boy on Street (uncredited)
Sylvia Arslan
as Gina as a Girl (uncredited)
Leah Baird
Janet Barrett
as Secretary (uncredited)
Patricia Barry
as Fritzie - Bauer's Secretary (uncredited)
Monte Blue
as Moving Man (uncredited)
James Carlisle
as Boray Fan (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
as Concert Spectator (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
as Party Guest (uncredited)
John J. Darby
Jack Deery
Eric DeLamarter
as Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
Tom Ferrandini
Kenneth Gibson
Marion Gray
Angela Greene
as Tipsy Blonde at Wright's Party (uncredited)
Jane Harker
Ann Lawrence
as Florence as a Girl (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
King Lockwood
Leota Lorraine
Jean MacMurray
Esther Michelson
as Mrs. Klein (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Monty O'Grady
Paul Panzer
as Theatre Worker (uncredited)
Foster H. Phinney
Edwina Pierse
as Violinist in youth orchestra (uncredited)
Louis Quince
as Radio Producer (uncredited)
Fred Rapport
Ramon Ros
as Engineer (uncredited)
Don Turner
as Man with Dog on Beach (uncredited)
Richard Walsh
as Teddy - at Wright's Party (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Leo Wonder
as Old Violinist (uncredited)
Max Linder
as Party guest (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Hugh Reticker
Art Direction
Clarence Steensen
Set Decoration
Charles David Forrest
Sound
Robert B. Lee
Roy Davidson
Special Effects Manager
Willard Van Enger
Special Effects
Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director
Franz Waxman
Conductor
Jean Negulesco
Director
Zachary Gold
Screenplay
Clifford Odets
Ernest Haller
Director of Photography
Original Music Composer
Edwin Allen
Makeup Artist
Della Barnes
Hairstylist
Gertrude Wheeler
Herbert S. Greene
Second Assistant Director
Philip Quinn
Assistant Director
Fannie Hurst
Short Story
Jerry Wald
Producer
Rudi Fehr
Editor
Stanley Young
Grip
Adrian
Costume Design
Bernard Newman
Costume Designer
Perc Westmore
