Blonde Venus (1932) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Josef von Sternberg.

Cast

• Marlene Dietrich as Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones
• Herbert Marshall as Edward 'Ned' Faraday
• Cary Grant as Nick Townsend
• Dickie Moore as Johnny Faraday
• Gene Morgan as Ben Smith
• Rita La Roy as 'Taxi Belle' Hooper
• Robert Emmett O'Connor as Dan O'Connor
• Sidney Toler as Detective Wilson
• Morgan Wallace as Dr. Pierce
• Al Bridge as Bouncer (uncredited)
• Marcelle Corday as Helen's Maid in France (uncredited)
• Cecil Cunningham as Cabaret Manager in Norfolk (uncredited)
• Sterling Holloway as Joe, Hiker (uncredited)
• Hattie McDaniel as Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)
• Dennis O'Keefe as (uncredited)
• Dewey Robinson as Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
• Bess Flowers as (uncredited)
• Francis Sayles as Charlie Blaine (uncredited)
• Glen Cavender as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
• Émile Chautard as Chautard, Cabaret Manager in France (uncredited)
• Clifford Dempsey as Judge in New Orleans (uncredited)
• Charles Gemora as Helen Faraday in Gorilla Suit (uncredited)
• Robert Graves as (uncredited)
• Elsa Janssen as Gossiping Tenant (uncredited)
• Bessie Lyle as Viola, Hotel Maid in Norfolk (uncredited)
• Charles Morton as Bob, Hiker (uncredited)
• Evelyn Preer as (uncredited)
• Gertrude Short as Sally, Receptionist at Talent Agency (uncredited)
• Pat Somerset as Henry Johnson (uncredited)
• Larry Steers as Hotel Manager in Baltimore (uncredited)
• Kent Taylor as Hiker (uncredited)
• Jerry Tucker as (uncredited)
• Lloyd Whitlock as (uncredited)
• James Kilgannon as Landlord (uncredited)
• Mary Gordon as Landlady (uncredited)
• Harold Berquist as Angry Man in Nightclub (uncredited)
• Mildred Washington as Dancer (uncredited)
• Oscar Smith as Charlie, the Bartender (uncredited)

Crew

• Jules Furthman — Writer
• Josef von Sternberg — Director
• S.K. Lauren — Writer
• Josef von Sternberg — Writer
• W. Franke Harling — Original Music Composer
• Josef von Sternberg — Producer
• John Leipold — Original Music Composer
• Paul Marquardt — Original Music Composer
• Oscar Potoker — Original Music Composer
• Bert Glennon — Director of Photography

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