
Directed by Raoul Walsh
1h 36m
Drama
| Music
Tough torch singer Petey Brown, visiting her family, finds a nest of troubles: her sister, brother, and the neighbor's wife are involved in various ways with shady nightclub owner Nicky Toresca. Petey has what it takes to handle Nicky, but then she meets San Thomas, formerly great jazz pianist now on the skids, and falls for him hard.

Ida Lupino
Petey Brown

Robert Alda
Nicky Toresca

Andrea King
Sally Otis

Martha Vickers
Virginia 'Ginny' Brown

Bruce Bennett
San Thomas

Alan Hale
Riley

Dolores Moran
Gloria O'Connor

John Ridgely
Roy Otis

Don McGuire
Johnny O'Connor

Raoul Walsh
Director

Maritta M. Wolff
Novel

Catherine Turney
Adaptation

Jo Pagano
Adaptation

Catherine Turney
Screenplay

Sidney Hickox
Director of Photography

John Maxwell
Dialogue Coach

Stanley Fleischer
Art Direction

Eddie Edwards
Set Decoration