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Plot. The film focuses on busboy Augustus Pinkerton II, known as Little Pinks, and his relationship with a pretty but cold-hearted singer, Gloria Lyons, who is crippled in a fall after her boyfriend, New York City nightclub owner Case Ables, knocks her down a flight of stairs in a fit of jealousy.
Summaries. A busboy in unrequited love with a nightclub performer grows closer to her after she is paralyzed in an attack by her gangster boyfriend. Little Pinks is in love with a nightclub singer named Gloria. But it is a unrequited love as she does not know that he exists.
The Big Street: Directed by Irving Reis. With Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Barton MacLane, Eugene Pallette. A busboy in unrequited love with a nightclub performer grows closer to her after she is paralyzed in an attack by her gangster boyfriend.
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- Drama, Music, Romance
- Irving Reis
- 1942-09-04
Brief Synopsis. A nightclub waiter, who's in love with a selfish showgirl, gets to prove his love when she's injured. Cast & Crew. Read More. Irving Reis. Director. Henry Fonda. Augustus "Little Pinks" Pinkerton II. Lucille Ball. Gloria Lyons. Barton Maclane. Case Ables. Eugene Pallette. Nicely Nicely Johnson. Agnes Moorehead. Violette Shumberg.
- Irving Reis, Clem Beauchamp
- Henry Fonda
An often exceptional Damon Runyon story, in his familiar style and filled with his usual affable crooks, about two inhabitants of New York’s Losers’ Street: a selfish showgirl (Lucille Ball) consigned to a wheelchair by her violent ex-boyfriend, and the meek busboy (Henry Fonda) who appoints himself her protector, idolising her beyond all ...
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- RKO Radio Pictures
- Irving Reis
The Big Street is a 1942 American drama film, starring Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball, based on the short story "Little Pinks" by Damon Runyon, who also produced the movie. The film was directed by Irving Reis. The screenplay was written by Leonard Spigelgass from Runyon's story.
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