"Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives."
Bette Davis
as Kit Marlowe
Miriam Hopkins
as Millie Drake
Gig Young
as Rudd Kendall
John Loder
as Preston Drake
Dolores Moran
as Deirdre Drake
Phillip Reed
as Lucian Grant
Roscoe Karns
as Charlie Archer
Anne Revere
as Belle Carter
Esther Dale
as Harriet
Abigail Adams
as College Girl (uncredited)
Edward Biby
as Garden Room Patron (uncredited)
Gordon B. Clarke
as Usher at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
as Frank - Photographer (uncredited)
Ann Doran
as Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Sam Harris
as Army Major (uncredited)
Marjorie Hoshelle
as Margaret Kemp - Kit's Fanclub Leader (uncredited)
Charles Jordan
as Bootlegger Selling Gin (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
as Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
Lucille La Marr
Mike Lally
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
as Army Officer (uncredited)
Frank McLure
as Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Kathleen O'Malley
Harriet Olsen
Paul Panzer
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Virginia Patton
Alexander Pollard
as Bartender (uncredited)
Herbert Rawlinson
as Red Cross Chairman (uncredited)
Ronald R. Rondell
as Garden Center Headwaiter (uncredited)
Francine Rufo
as Deirdre as a Child (uncredited)
Timmy Sabor
Dorothy Schoemer
Charles Sullivan
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Philip Van Zandt
as Hotel Night Manager (uncredited)
Frances Ward
Poppy Wilde
as Patron at Garden Center Club (uncredited)
Lottie Williams
as Millie's Maid at Party (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
as Waiter (uncredited)
Jack Wise
as Baggage Man (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman
Dick Gordon
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Vincent Sherman
Director
John Van Druten
Screenplay
Lenore J. Coffee
Theatre Play
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Henry Blanke
Producer
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Sol Polito
Director of Photography
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
John Hughes
Art Direction
Fred M. MacLean
Set Decoration
Terry O. Morse
Editor
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
