Cast
- Lana Turner as Lora Meredith
- John Gavin as Steve Archer
- Sandra Dee as Susie, age 17
- Susan Kohner as Sarah Jane, age 19
- Robert Alda as Allen Loomis
- Dan O'Herlihy as David Edwards
- Juanita Moore as Annie Johnson
- Karin Dicker as Sarah Jane, age 8
- Terry Burnham as Susie, age 6
- Ann Robinson as Showgirl
- Troy Donahue as Frankie
- Sandra Gould as Annette
- Jack Weston as Tom
- Mahalia Jackson as Choir soloist
- Susan Kohner's singing voice dubbed by Jo Ann Greer
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