Drama
In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye of a wealthy politician.
Directed by
Josef von Sternberg
Written by
Josef von Sternberg, S.K. Lauren, Jules Furthman
Cary Grant
Nick Townsend
Marlene Dietrich
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones
Larry Steers
Hotel Manager in Baltimore (uncredited)
Al Bridge
Bouncer (uncredited)
Sterling Holloway
Joe, Hiker (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
(uncredited)
Rita La Roy
'Taxi Belle' Hooper
Cecil Cunningham
Cabaret Manager in Norfolk (uncredited)
Sidney Toler
Detective Wilson
Charles Morton
Bob, Hiker (uncredited)
Robert Graves
(uncredited)
Hattie McDaniel
Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)
Herbert Marshall
Edward 'Ned' Faraday
Dickie Moore
Johnny Faraday
Elsa Janssen
Gossiping Tenant (uncredited)
Clifford Dempsey
Judge in New Orleans (uncredited)
Émile Chautard
Chautard, Cabaret Manager in France (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
Kent Taylor
Hiker (uncredited)
Charles Gemora
Helen Faraday in Gorilla Suit (uncredited)
Lloyd Whitlock
(uncredited)
Gene Morgan
Ben Smith
Morgan Wallace
Dr. Pierce
Pat Somerset
Henry Johnson (uncredited)
Oscar Smith
Charlie, the Bartender (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
(uncredited)
Glen Cavender
Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Mildred Washington
Dancer (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Landlady (uncredited)
Marcelle Corday
Helen's Maid in France (uncredited)
Jerry Tucker
(uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Dan O'Connor
Evelyn Preer
(uncredited)
Gertrude Short
Sally, Receptionist at Talent Agency (uncredited)
Francis Sayles
Charlie Blaine (uncredited)
Bessie Lyle
Viola, Hotel Maid in Norfolk (uncredited)
James Kilgannon
Landlord (uncredited)
Harold Berquist
Angry Man in Nightclub (uncredited)

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