Summary
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.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
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At a glance
Running time
1 h 42 min
A typical length for dramas, −7 min on the typical 109
typical 109102Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 129 countries
+119
Released
1937
March 25, 1937
89 years ago
Genres
DramaRomanceLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
30 people
Simone SimonDiane
James StewartChico
Jean HersholtFather Chevillon
Gregory RatoffBoul the Cab Driver
Gale SondergaardNana, Diane's Sister
J. Edward BrombergAristide the Astrologer
John QualenSewer Rat
Victor KilianGobin
Thomas BeckBrissac
Sig RumanDurand (as Sig Rumann)
Mady ChristiansMarie
Rollo LloydMatoot
Rafaela OttianoMadame Frisson
Georges RenaventSergeant Gendarme
Edward KeaneGendarme
John HamiltonGendarme
Paul PorcasiGendarme
Leonid SnegoffOfficer
Adrienne D'AmbricourtNurse
Carol AdamsGirl (uncredited)
John BleiferLamplighter (uncredited)
Eugene BordenFrenchman (uncredited)
Marcelle CordayFrenchwoman (uncredited)
Joe De StefaniFrenchman (uncredited)
Directing · 2
- Henry King Director
- Robert D. Webb Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Melville Baker Writer
- Austin Strong Theatre Play
Production · 1
- Darryl F. Zanuck Producer
Camera · 1
- Merritt B. Gerstad Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Barbara McLean Editor
Sound · 4
- Cyril J. Mockridge Music
- David Buttolph Music
- Arthur von Kirbach Sound Engineer
- Roger Heman Sr. Sound Engineer
Art · 1
- William S. Darling Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Gwen Wakeling Costume Design
- Sam Benson Wardrobe Designer
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