---
title: 'Torch Song (1953)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Charles Walters'
released: '1953-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/torch-song-1953'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046446/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Torch Song (1953)

1953 · 90 min · Drama, Music, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Torch Song is a 1953 American Technicolor musical drama film distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Joan Crawford and Michael Wilding in a story about a Broadway star and her blind rehearsal pianist. The screenplay by John Michael Hayes and Jan Lustig was based upon the story "Why Should I Cry?" by I.A.R. Wylie in a 1949 issue of The Saturday Evening Post. The film was directed by Charles Walters and produced by Sidney Franklin, Jr. and Henry Berman. Crawford's singing voice was dubbed by India Adams.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Charles Walters](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-walters)
- **Screenplay:** [Jan Lustig](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-lustig), [John Michael Hayes](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-michael-hayes)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Adolph Deutsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolph-deutsch)
- **Producer:** [Sidney Franklin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-franklin), [Charles Schnee](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-schnee)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert H. Planck](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-h-planck)
- **Editor:** [Albert Akst](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-akst)

## Cast

- [Gig Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/gig-young)
- [Maidie Norman](https://cinepixo.com/people/maidie-norman)
- [Harry Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-morgan)
- [Paul Guilfoyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-guilfoyle-2)
- [Eugene Loring](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-loring)
- [Nancy Gates](https://cinepixo.com/people/nancy-gates)
- [Marjorie Rambeau](https://cinepixo.com/people/marjorie-rambeau)
- [Joan Crawford](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-crawford)
- [Michael Wilding](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-wilding)
- [Dorothy Patrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-patrick)

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