"Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices."
Ann Blyth
as Helen Morgan
Paul Newman
as Larry Maddux
Richard Carlson
as Russell Wade
Gene Evans
as Whitey Krause
Alan King
as Benny Weaver
Cara Williams
as Dolly Evans
Virginia Vincent
as Sue
Edward Platt
as Johnny Haggerty
Walter Woolf King
as Florenz Ziegfeld
Juanita Moore
as Backstage Maid
Herb Vigran
as Finney (uncredited)
Dorothy Green
as Mrs. Wade
Warren Douglas
as Mark Hellinger
Iris Adrian
as Klingman's Secretary
Walter Winchell
as Self
Eve Whitney
as Society Woman
Bess Flowers
as Woman at boat dock (uncredited)
Juli Reding
as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Gogi Grant
as Helen Morgan (singing voice) (voice)
The De Castro Sisters
as Singers
Sammy White
as Sammy White
Nicky Blair
as Vendor (scenes deleted)
James Douglas
as Intern (scenes deleted)
Frank Sully
Jean Andren
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Roxanne Arlen
as Showgirl (uncredited)
Joanne Arnold
as Blonde (uncredited)
Phil Arnold
as Klingman (uncredited)
Al Bain
as Drunk (uncredited)
Alphonse Bergé
as Customer (uncredited)
Joe Besser
as Bartender (uncredited)
Robert Bice
as Guard (uncredited)
Oscar Blank
Betty Blythe
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Herman Boden
as Boy Singer at Piano/Chorus Boy at Rehearsal (uncredited)
Geraldine Bogdonovich
as Young Nurse (uncredited)
Leonard Bremen
Paul Bryar
Bob Calder
as Chorus Boy at Rehearsal (uncredited)
Robert Christopher
as Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Cane
as Jimmy - Police Turnkey (uncredited)
Russ Clark
as Chief (uncredited)
Robert Clarke
Oliver Cross
as Man at Customs (uncredited)
Gabriel Curtiz
as Maitre d' (uncredited)
Tony Dante
as Krause Hood (uncredited)
Jack Dodds
as Boy Singer at Piano (uncredited)
Cecil Elliott
as Drunken Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Joe Evans
as Artist (uncredited)
Cliff Ferre
as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
George Ford
as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Alan Foster
as Bum (uncredited)
Louise Glenn
as B-Girl (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
as Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Fred Hansen
as Floor Show Performer (uncredited)
Edmund Hashim
as Henchman (uncredited)
Bill Hickman
Stuart Holmes
Taylor Holmes
as Elderly Actor on Train (uncredited)
Darla Hood
as Girl Singer at Piano (uncredited)
Casse Jaeger
Gary Judis
as Usher (uncredited)
Harvey Karels
Fred Kelsey
Donald Kerr
as Club Customer (uncredited)
Leonid Kinskey
as Stanislausky - Accordion Player (uncredited)
Mike Lally
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Jack Lomas
as Piano Player (uncredited)
Rory Mallinson
as Pageant Reporter (uncredited)
Kathy Marlowe
as Miss Herbert (uncredited)
Eddie Marr
as Director (uncredited)
Maurice Marsac
as Dubois (uncredited)
Bert May
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
June McCall
as Redhead (uncredited)
John McKee
as Customs Inspector (uncredited)
Torben Meyer
as Manager (uncredited)
Maurice Millard
as Man in Knickers (uncredited)
Laurie Mitchell
Gabe Mooradian
Matt Moore
Charles Morton
as Drunk(uncredited)
Corinna Mura
as Guitarist (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Christine Nelson
as Boyish Bob Girl (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
as Surprise Party Guest (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
Miguel Palenzuela
as Bellboy (uncredited)
Howard Parker
as Dancer (uncredited)
Murray Pollack
Frank Radcliffe
George Ramsey
as Man in Scarf (uncredited)
Fred Rapport
Ralph Reed
as Red (uncredited)
Walter Reed
as Loring Kirk (uncredited)
Paul Rees
Jack Regas
Cosmo Sardo
Jeffrey Sayre
as Photographer (uncredited)
Mary Scott
as Dawn (uncredited)
Bernard Sell
Court Shepard
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Fred Sherman
Robert Sherman
Sal Sportelli
as Man With Baby Buggy (uncredited)
Bruce Stowell
as Party Guest Dancing the Charleston (uncredited)
Joan Sudlow
as Patient (uncredited)
Alan Sues
as Producer (uncredited)
John Truax
as Policeman (uncredited)
Tito Vuolo
as Tony (uncredited)
Napoleon Whiting
as Napoleon - Wade's Butler (uncredited)
Gayne Whitman
as Big Ed Wallace (uncredited)
as Society Woman (uncredited)
Marc Wilder
Tom Wilson
Joan Winfield
as Nurse (uncredited)
Sam Wolfe
as Waiter (uncredited)
Allen Wood
as Stagehand (uncredited)
Rudy Vallee
Juney Ellis
as Waitress (uncredited)
Michael Curtiz
Director
Ted D. McCord
Director of Photography
Nelson Gidding
Writer
Oscar Saul
Frank Bracht
Editor
Stephen Longstreet
Martin Rackin
Producer
Dean Riesner
Ray Heindorf
Original Music Composer