A vivacious young woman passes up herself chance of happiness with a reliable but unexciting man to live in the shadow of her lover, a successful but thoughtless businessman. A weepy melodrama that fails to work on our emotions due to a lack of chemistry between the two leads. Dunne's character doesn't seem the type to throw away her life on a man whose position (unconvincingly) means he is unable to declare his love for her, while Boles seems to be enjoying the best of both worlds rather than enduring the life of emotional frustration that he's supposed to be
Review of Back Street
