Torch Song

Oct 1, 1953

1h 30m

★ 5.8

Tough Baby - a wonderful love story with the star of "Sudden Fear" and for the first time you'll see her in Technicolor

Overview

Jenny Stewart is a tough Broadway musical star who doesn't take criticism from anyone. Yet there is one individual, Tye Graham, a blind pianist who may be able to break through her tough exterior.

Genres

Music

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Torch Song Trailers

Cast

Jenny Stewart

Joan Crawford

Tye Graham

Michael Wilding

Cliff Willard

Gig Young

Mrs. Stewart

Marjorie Rambeau

Joe Denner

Harry Morgan

Martha

Dorothy Patrick

Philip Norton

James Todd

Gene, Dance Director

Eugene Loring

Monty Rolfe

Paul Guilfoyle

Charles Maylor

Benny Rubin

Peter

Peter Chong

Anne

Maidie Norman

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