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