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  • Behind City Lights (1945)
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    68 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Behind City Lights (1945)
Approved
68 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Jean Lowell, an unsophisticated girl who has spent all of her life on a farm, is about to marry Ben Coleman, a neighboring young farmer, but an automobile crash interrupts the wedding. Crash victims Lance Marlowe and Perry Borden are ...See moreJean Lowell, an unsophisticated girl who has spent all of her life on a farm, is about to marry Ben Coleman, a neighboring young farmer, but an automobile crash interrupts the wedding. Crash victims Lance Marlowe and Perry Borden are carried into the house and the wedding is postponed. At first sight of Lance, Jean falls in love with him. In a few days, fully recovered, the two men return to New York. Ben releases Jean from their engagement and Aunt Sarah gives the girl her life savings to make possible a trip to New York City. Arriving in the big city, Jean stays at a fine hotel, acquires a fine wardrobe, and visits with Lance all the places she has read about. She is blissfully happy , completely unaware that Perry and Lance are notorious jewel thieves. Trapped through an uncut diamond Lance has given Jean to be set in an engagement ring, he and Perry - in attempting to elude the police - wreck their car and are killed. Jean, too proud to go home, remains in New York and obtains work. Ben, suspecting that something is wrong, seeks her out; together they return to the farm. Written by Les Adams See less
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Director
Writers
Richard Weil (screenplay) | Gertrude Walker (adaptation)
Cinematographer
William Bradford (photographed by)
Editor
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Updated Sep 10, 1945

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Sep 10, 1945 (United States)

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38 cast members
Name Known for
Lynne Roberts
Jean Lowell Jean Lowell   See fewer
Peter Cookson
Lance Marlow Lance Marlow   See fewer
Jerome Cowan
Perry Borden Perry Borden   See fewer
Esther Dale
Sarah Lowell Sarah Lowell   See fewer
William Terry
Ben Coleman Ben Coleman   See fewer
Victor Kilian
Daniel Lowell Daniel Lowell   See fewer
Moroni Olsen
Curtis Holbrook Curtis Holbrook   See fewer
William Forrest
Detective Peterson Detective Peterson   See fewer
Joseph J. Greene
Gabriel 'Gab' Carson Gabriel 'Gab' Carson   See fewer
Frank J. Scannell
Charles Matthews Charles Matthews   See fewer
Tom London
Andrew Coleman Andrew Coleman   See fewer
George M. Carleton
Doctor Blodgett Doctor Blodgett   See fewer
Bud Geary
Fred Haskins Fred Haskins   See fewer
Jeanne Staff
Night Club Singer Night Club Singer   See fewer
Melva Anstead
Dancer (uncredited) Dancer (uncredited)   See fewer
Lucille Byron
Dancer (uncredited) Dancer (uncredited)   See fewer
Martha Carroll
Dancer (uncredited) Dancer (uncredited)   See fewer
Virginia Carroll
Dancer (uncredited) Dancer (uncredited)   See fewer
Wheaton Chambers
Davis (uncredited) Davis (uncredited)   See fewer
Grace Cunard
Woman (uncredited) Woman (uncredited)   See fewer
Geraldine Farnum
Dancer (uncredited) Dancer (uncredited)   See fewer
Joseph Forte
Brainard (uncredited) Brainard (uncredited)   See fewer
Douglas Fowley
Taxi Driver (uncredited) Taxi Driver (uncredited)   See fewer
Frances Gladwin
Dancer (uncredited) Dancer (uncredited)   See fewer
Harriette Haddon
Dancer (uncredited) Dancer (uncredited)   See fewer
Earle Hodgins
Reverend Harkness (uncredited) Reverend Harkness (uncredited)   See fewer
Marjorie Kane
Waitress (uncredited) Waitress (uncredited)   See fewer
Marian Kerrigan
Dancer (uncredited) Dancer (uncredited)   See fewer
Bert Moorhouse
Desk Clerk (uncredited) Desk Clerk (uncredited)   See fewer
Rose Marie Morel
Dancer (uncredited) Dancer (uncredited)   See fewer
Jay Novello
Nick (uncredited) Nick (uncredited)   See fewer
Gay Parkes
Dancer (uncredited) Dancer (uncredited)   See fewer
Patti Posten
Dancer (uncredited) Dancer (uncredited)   See fewer
Hal Price
Judd (uncredited) Judd (uncredited)   See fewer
Beverly Reedy
Dancer (uncredited) Dancer (uncredited)   See fewer
Brick Sullivan
Policeman (uncredited) Policeman (uncredited)   See fewer
Archie Twitchell
Jewelry Salesman (uncredited) Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)   See fewer
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