The Helen Morgan Story

Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.

Cast

Ann Blyth

as Helen Morgan

Paul Newman

as Larry Maddux

Richard Carlson

as Russell Wade

Gene Evans

as Whitey Krause

Alan King

as Benny Weaver

Cara Williams

as Dolly Evans

Virginia Vincent

as Sue

Edward Platt

as Johnny Haggerty

Walter Woolf King

as Florenz Ziegfeld

Juanita Moore

as Backstage Maid

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