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Back Street(Movie, 1961)

1h 47min | Genres: Drama, Romance / Love
Back StreetRating: 2.9/5 (with 66 votes)
Of all three screen versions of Back Street, this 1961 production took the most dramatic license with the novel. It is different from both the 1932 and 1941 screen versions in many ways – changing the names of several characters and updating the story to what was then the present day. Good examples of how the plotline was sensationalized in this third version are the attempted suicide and the fatal car crash. ()
Movie poster of Back Street

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Awards & Nominations for Back Street

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color

About Back Street

Ambitious but thwarted, Rae Smith meets handsome Marine Paul Saxon, (of the Saxon department store chain), as he passes through Lincoln, Nebraska, on his way home from World War II. There's a definite spark between them but circumstances intervene and he leaves town without her. Later she learns he's married. Determined to make it as a fashion designer, Rae moves to New York and becomes a great success. One day she happens to meet Paul again and again there's that spark but he's still married so, as a form of escape, Rae moves to Rome to set up shop. Once again she meets Paul and finally they begin an actual affair since Paul's shrewish, drunken wife, Liz, won't give him a divorce. Time passes, the affair continues whenever time and place permit, but then, Paul's young son finds out about Rae and Rae's back-street world begins to crumble.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Based on: "Back Street" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 7 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Russian (RU)
Status: Released
Release date US: 10/11/1961
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"L'amour dans l'ombre"
"Liefde in de schaduw"
"La calle de atrás"

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Other movies with this title: Back Street (US, 1932), Back Street (US, 1941), Back Street (HK, 1973)

WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:258838, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024