---
title: 'Back Street (1932)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John M. Stahl'
released: '1932-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 86
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/back-street-1932'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022651/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Back Street (1932)

1932 · 86 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Back Street is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by John M. Stahl and starring Irene Dunne and John Boles. Based on the best-selling novel of the same title by Fannie Hurst, it tells the story of a woman who spends her life as the secret mistress of a wealthy married man. The devotion and love of the woman to the married man determines that she will be the “back streets” of him in the whole life; a story of a love that was not destined. This was the first of three film versions of Hurst's novel; remakes were released in 1941 and 1961.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John M. Stahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-m-stahl)
- **Screenplay:** [Ben Hecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-hecht), [Gladys Lehman](https://cinepixo.com/people/gladys-lehman), [Gene Fowler](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-fowler)
- **Producer:** [Carl Laemmle Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-laemmle-jr)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Freund](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-freund)
- **Editor:** [Milton Carruth](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-carruth)

## Cast

- [John Boles](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-boles)
- [Rose Dione](https://cinepixo.com/people/rose-dione)
- [ZaSu Pitts](https://cinepixo.com/people/zasu-pitts)
- [Jane Darwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-darwell)
- [Gene Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-morgan)
- [Doris Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-lloyd)
- [Grace Hayle](https://cinepixo.com/people/grace-hayle)
- [James Flavin](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-flavin)
- [William Bakewell](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-bakewell)
- [Irene Dunne](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-dunne)
- [June Clyde](https://cinepixo.com/people/june-clyde)
- [Paul Fix](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-fix)
- [Paul Weigel](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-weigel)
- [Gloria Stuart](https://cinepixo.com/people/gloria-stuart)
- [Russell Hopton](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-hopton)

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