Back Street is a 1961 film made by Universal Pictures, directed by David Miller, and produced by Ross Hunter. The screenplay was written by William Ludwig and Eleanore Griffin based on the novel by Fannie Hurst. The music score is by Frank Skinner. The film stars Susan Hayward, John Gavin and Vera Miles. The story follows two lovers who have limited opportunities to get together because one of them is married. It was nominated for Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color (Jean Louis). Unlike the previous film versions, this one gives Susan Hayward plenty of opportunity to appear in Jean Louis's spectacular gowns. This was a trademark of Ross Hunter's remakes of older weepies; he emploied the same method in Lana Turner's versions of Imitation of Life and Madame X. Of all three screen versions of Back Street, this 1961 production took the most dramatic license with the novel. It is different from both the 1932 and 1941 screen versions in many ways - changing the names of several characters and updating the story to what was then the present day. Good examples of how the plotline was sensationalized in this third version are the attempted suicide and the fatal car crash.
Back Street is a 1961 film made by Universal Pictures directed by David Miller and produced by Ross Hunter. The screenplay was written by William Ludwig and Eleanore Griffin ba
喜欢片中音乐，Frank Skinner的情节剧配乐功夫不是盖的。
这改动大得跟Hurst的小说已经没多大关系了吧。增设恶毒女二，把原本自私不负责任的男主洗成了白莲花，女主的牺牲忽然显得不那么无脑了。选角很别扭，把男女主在这段关系中的位置换一下就顺眼了（Hayward怎么看都是养小白脸的而不是被养的那个），不过以当年的三观来说大概要求太高。
经典的犹豫不决引发的错爱一生，男主最后车祸离世。
故事充满错过、丢信和各式各样本可避免的事，一时的犹豫不决会影响一生的幸福。60年代初melodrama比50年代更像电视肥皂剧，结尾太box of tissue…约翰.加文真是“小白脸专业户”！
