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Here are a few key highlights to round things out about the Ross Hunter Productions, Carrollton Inc. drama flick. Back Street starring Susan Hayward, John Gavin, Vera Miles, Charles Drake has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 47 min. The release date of the movie is October 11th, 1961. The movie received a user score of 56/100 on TMDb, which represents input from reviews from 18 engaged users.
Ready to dive into the plot? Here's the plot: "Ambitious but thwarted, Rae Smith meets handsome Marine Paul Saxon, (of the Saxon department store chain), as he passes through Lincoln, Nebraska, on his way home from World War II. There's a definite spark between them but circumstances intervene and he leaves town without her. Later she learns he's married. Determined to make it as a fashion designer, Rae moves to New York and becomes a great success. One day she happens to meet Paul again and again there's that spark but he's still married so, as a form of escape, Rae moves to Rome to set up shop. Once again she meets Paul and finally they begin an actual affair since Paul's shrewish, drunken wife, Liz, won't give him a divorce. Time passes, the affair continues whenever time and place permit, but then, Paul's young son finds out about Rae and Rae's back-street world begins to crumble."
