The Big Street (1942)
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses him.
Top billed cast
Henry FondaAgustus 'Little Pinks' Pinkerton, II
Lucille BallGloria Lyons
Barton MacLaneCase Ables
Eugene PalletteNicely Nicely Johnson
Agnes MooreheadViolette Shumberg
Sam LeveneHorsethief
Ray CollinsProfessor B
Marion MartinMimi Venus
William T. OrrDecatur Reed (as William Orr)
George ClevelandColonel Samuel Venus
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