On Such a Night

1937
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1h 11m

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Karen Morley and Grant Richards in On Such a Night (1937)

In Louisiana, gangster Ice Richmond blackmails Nicky Last, who has been trying to go straight, to take the rap for a murder charge by threatening to hurt Nicky's famous actress wife, Gail St... Read allIn Louisiana, gangster Ice Richmond blackmails Nicky Last, who has been trying to go straight, to take the rap for a murder charge by threatening to hurt Nicky's famous actress wife, Gail Stanley. Nicky is convicted and sentenced to execution, but refuses to tell his wife what re... Read allIn Louisiana, gangster Ice Richmond blackmails Nicky Last, who has been trying to go straight, to take the rap for a murder charge by threatening to hurt Nicky's famous actress wife, Gail Stanley. Nicky is convicted and sentenced to execution, but refuses to tell his wife what really happened. She hires attorney Horace Darwin to get an appeal, but Darwin drops the cas... Read all

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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since; its earliest documented telecast took place in Omaha Tuesday 15 September 1959 on KETV (Channel 7).

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6/10

Curiogus Southern Set Crime Melodrama

Grant Richards is a rather uninteresting lead but thanks to Karen Morley and some colorful character actors in support, this Southern set Paramount crime drama holds the interest.The style is somewhat slow paced possibly due to the Germanic background of emigre director Du Pont. As flood victims board a Greyhound bus, a man who had been sentenced to die has escaped in the confusion.They all land up at a refugee station where it is incorrectly announced by reporter Roscoe Karns that the convict has drowned. Standout playing by Alan Mowbray (who pompously delivers the juicy line, "My equipage becomes a vehicle of mercy") and Esther Dale who smokes and puts on a Southern accent. This all culminates in a somewhat hokey scene where the black servants sing "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot." A decided curiosity.