A small town corrupt sheriff manipulates local candidates to the state legislature but he eventually comes into conflict with an out-of-town carnival dancer.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Joan Crawford | ... | Lane Bellamy | |
| Zachary Scott | ... | Fielding Carlisle | |
| Sydney Greenstreet | ... | Sheriff Titus Semple | |
| David Brian | ... | Dan Reynolds | |
| Gladys George | ... | Lute Mae Sanders | |
| Virginia Huston | ... | Annabelle Weldon | |
| Fred Clark | ... | Doc Waterson | |
| Gertrude Michael | ... | Millie | |
| Alice White | ... | Gracie | |
| Sam McDaniel | ... | Boatright | |
| Tito Vuolo | ... | Pete Ladas | |
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Carnival dancer Lane Bellamy finds herself stranded in a southern town ruled by corrupt political boss Titus Semple. Lane becomes romantically involved with sheriff Fielding Carlisle, a weakling whose career is being driven by Titus. Seeing Lane as a liability to his own political ambitions, Titus mounts a campaign to get her driven out of town. She finds she can't get a job and even gets arrested on a trumped-up morals charge. Released from jail, Lane finds work as a "hostess" at Lutie-Mae's road house, where she meets Dan Reynolds, another member of the town's political machine. They marry and move to a home on Flamingo Road, the town's social pinnacle. Their marriage is soon marked by scandal when a drunken Carlisle visits Lane at home one evening and shoots himself. Written by Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
30 April 1949 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Boulevard des passions See more »Filming Locations:
Stage 28, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA See more »Edit
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$1,528,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$2,263,000Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$2,896,000Company Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
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(uncredited)
Music by James P. Johnson
Lyrics by Henry Creamer
Sung by Joan Crawford in the tent and at Lute Mae's Tavern
Also performed by an unidentified singer at the Rendezvous Room
Played often in the score
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"Screen Director's Playhouse" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 26, 1950 with Joan Crawford reprising her film role. See more »Goofs
In the opening scene the sign states "Boldon City - Elevation 1253 Ft". The highest point in Florida is only 345 feet. See more »Quotes
Sheriff Titus Semple: A man going into the legislature should have a heart of gold and a respectable wife.See more »
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The opening credits are presented on a book as someone turns the pages. See more »Soundtracks
If I Could Be with You(uncredited)
Music by James P. Johnson
Lyrics by Henry Creamer
Sung by Joan Crawford in the tent and at Lute Mae's Tavern
Also performed by an unidentified singer at the Rendezvous Room
Played often in the score
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Over the top melodrama that works, under the steady direction of Curtiz. Crawford is an ex-carnie, and Greenstreet is the corrupt sherrif of a small town she's chosen as her haven. He gets her boyfriend to desert her for a more respectable marriage so he can make him a senator, and after she marries a political player he's associated with, he makes life hard on both of them with a combination of blackmail muscle and frame-up push. Greenstreet is wonderfully grotesque, and all the other leads also hold up well. Nice photography in stark toned B & W.