The proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes a peanut-vendor to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the show's star, who also happens to be the owner's wife. However, he soon begins to notice that his new manager is paying more attention to his wife than he believes is appropriate.
Acting
Barry Sullivan's smoldering working-class resentment is delicious.
Cinematography
Ice rink lighting that makes every pirouette feel dangerous.
Director
Frank Tuttle
Belita
Roberta Leonard, aka Roberta Elva
Barry Sullivan
Joe Morgan
Bonita Granville
Ronnie
Albert Dekker
Frank Leonard
Eugene Pallette
Harry Wheeler
George E. Stone
Max
Leon Belasco
Pierre Yasha
Chris-Pin Martin
Mexican Waiter (uncredited)
Marion Martin
Shooting Gallery Blond (uncredited)
Billy Gray
Small Boy at Zoo (uncredited)
George Chandler
Joe's Pal at Sandwich Counter (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Belita was a real Olympic figure skater; producers cast her hoping to replicate Sonja Henie's box office magic, then gave her a murderous adultery plot instead.
This flopped in '46 because audiences wanted post-war optimism, not a sleazy ice-skating love triangle. History has been kinder than contemporary ticket buyers.
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