Handlung
Helen Morgan ist schön, begabt und erfolgreich. Doch all das bedeutet ihr nichts, wenn sie nicht die große Liebe ihres Lebens bekommt: Alkoholschmuggler Larry Maddox, der sie so lange hinhält und immer wieder sitzen lässt, bis sie am Boden zerstört ist. In seinem fünften Film spielt Paul Newman die Rolle des aalglatten Gangsters mit unerschütterlichem Selbstbewusstsein. Und Ann Blyth, hier in ihrem letzten Kinofilm, verkörpert die unglückliche Sängerin (die zum Orginal-Ensemble des Musicals Show Boat gehörte), wobei Gogi Grant die Singstimme für die berühmten Morgan-Songs beisteuert. Große Unterhaltung garantieren zudem echte Ikonen der 20-Jahre: Rudy Vallee, Walter Winchell und Morgans tatsächlicher musikalischer Begleiter Jimmy McHugh. Die Chronik einer Legende, deren Lieder jeden Liebeskummer heilen konnten außer ihrem eigenen. Ein Leben im Rausch stammt aus dem Hause Warner Home Video.
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Besetzung
Ann Blyth
Helen Morgan
Paul Newman
Larry Maddux
Richard Carlson
Russell Wade
Gene Evans
Whitey Krause
Alan King
Benny Weaver
Cara Williams
Dolly Evans
Virginia Vincent
Sue
Edward Platt
Johnny Haggerty
Walter Woolf King
Florenz Ziegfeld
Juanita Moore
Backstage Maid
Herb Vigran
Finney (uncredited)
Dorothy Green
Mrs. Wade
Warren Douglas
Mark Hellinger
Iris Adrian
Klingman's Secretary
Walter Winchell
Self
Eve Whitney
Society Woman
Bess Flowers
Woman at boat dock (uncredited)
Juli Reding
Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Gogi Grant
Helen Morgan (singing voice) (voice)
The De Castro Sisters
Singers
Sammy White
Sammy White
Nicky Blair
Vendor (scenes deleted)
James Douglas
Intern (scenes deleted)
Frank Sully
Vendor (scenes deleted)
Jean Andren
Minor Role (uncredited)
Roxanne Arlen
Showgirl (uncredited)
Joanne Arnold
Blonde (uncredited)
Al Bain
Drunk (uncredited)
Alphonse Bergé
Customer (uncredited)
Joe Besser
Bartender (uncredited)
Robert Bice
Guard (uncredited)
Oscar Blank
Drunk (uncredited)
Betty Blythe
Party Guest (uncredited)
Herman Boden
Boy Singer at Piano/Chorus Boy at Rehearsal (uncredited)
Geraldine Bogdonovich
Young Nurse (uncredited)
Leonard Bremen
Drunk (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
Bartender (uncredited)
Bob Calder
Chorus Boy at Rehearsal (uncredited)
Robert Christopher
Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Cane
Jimmy - Police Turnkey (uncredited)
Russ Clark
Chief (uncredited)
Robert Clarke
Party Guest (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
Man at Customs (uncredited)
Gabriel Curtiz
Maitre d' (uncredited)
Tony Dante
Krause Hood (uncredited)
Jack Dodds
Boy Singer at Piano (uncredited)
Cecil Elliott
Drunken Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Joe Evans
Artist (uncredited)
Cliff Ferre
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
George Ford
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Alan Foster
Bum (uncredited)
Louise Glenn
B-Girl (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Party Guest (uncredited)
Fred Hansen
Floor Show Performer (uncredited)
Edmund Hashim
Henchman (uncredited)
Bill Hickman
Party Guest (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
Taylor Holmes
Elderly Actor on Train (uncredited)
Darla Hood
Girl Singer at Piano (uncredited)
Casse Jaeger
Floor Show Performer (uncredited)
Gary Judis
Usher (uncredited)
Harvey Karels
Reporter (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Club Customer (uncredited)
Leonid Kinskey
Stanislausky - Accordion Player (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Jack Lomas
Piano Player (uncredited)
Rory Mallinson
Pageant Reporter (uncredited)
Kathy Marlowe
Miss Herbert (uncredited)
Eddie Marr
Director (uncredited)
Maurice Marsac
Dubois (uncredited)
Bert May
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
June McCall
Redhead (uncredited)
John McKee
Customs Inspector (uncredited)
Torben Meyer
Manager (uncredited)
Maurice Millard
Man in Knickers (uncredited)
Laurie Mitchell
Minor Role (uncredited)
Gabe Mooradian
Henchman (uncredited)
Matt Moore
Bum (uncredited)
Charles Morton
Drunk(uncredited)
Corinna Mura
Guitarist (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Christine Nelson
Boyish Bob Girl (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Surprise Party Guest (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Miguel Palenzuela
Bellboy (uncredited)
Howard Parker
Dancer (uncredited)
Murray Pollack
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Frank Radcliffe
Chorus Boy at Rehearsal (uncredited)
George Ramsey
Man in Scarf (uncredited)
Fred Rapport
Maitre d' (uncredited)
Ralph Reed
Red (uncredited)
Walter Reed
Loring Kirk (uncredited)
Paul Rees
Floor Show Performer (uncredited)
Jack Regas
Floor Show Performer (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Party Guest (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Photographer (uncredited)
Mary Scott
Dawn (uncredited)
Bernard Sell
Party Guest (uncredited)
Court Shepard
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Fred Sherman
Customs Inspector (uncredited)
Robert Sherman
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Sal Sportelli
Man With Baby Buggy (uncredited)
Bruce Stowell
Party Guest Dancing the Charleston (uncredited)
Joan Sudlow
Patient (uncredited)
Alan Sues
Producer (uncredited)
John Truax
Policeman (uncredited)
Tito Vuolo
Tony (uncredited)
Napoleon Whiting
Napoleon - Wade's Butler (uncredited)
Gayne Whitman
Big Ed Wallace (uncredited)
Marc Wilder
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
Joan Winfield
Nurse (uncredited)
Sam Wolfe
Waiter (uncredited)
Allen Wood
Stagehand (uncredited)
Rudy Vallee
Self
Juney Ellis
Waitress (uncredited)
Phil Arnold
Klingman (uncredited)
