A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, and then marches away to war.
Directed by Henry King
rescue
sewer
blindness
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3.5 / 5
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Cast
Simone Simon
Diane
James Stewart
Chico
Jean Hersholt
Father Chevillon
Gregory Ratoff
Boul the Cab Driver
Gale Sondergaard
Nana, Diane's Sister
J. Edward Bromberg
Aristide the Astrologer
John Qualen
Sewer Rat
Victor Kilian
Gobin
Thomas Beck
Brissac
Sig Ruman
Durand (as Sig Rumann)
Mady Christians
Marie
Rollo Lloyd
Matoot
Crew
Henry King
Director
Barbara McLean
Editor
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4 reviews
Olivia
7.0★ · 03/15/26
"I have rizzen" - James Maitland Stewart
"I have rizzen" - James Maitland Stewart
Viv
6.0★ · 08/25/25
I mostly just watched this one for Simone. This was almost overly sweet but despite that and the obnoxious Christian messaging I ended up enjoying it.
I’m very clearly a lost lesbian in a sea of Jimmy Stewart fans
I mostly just watched this one for Simone. This was almost overly sweet but despite that and the obnoxious Christian messaging I ended up enjoying it.
I’m very clearly a lost lesbian in a sea of Jimmy Stewart fans
