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Night Editor

  • 1946
  • Approved
  • 1h 8m
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6.7/10
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Janis Carter and William Gargan in Night Editor (1946)
Film NoirCrimeDrama

A detective's dilemma. A murder investigation is compromised by the detective's compromised position in love.A detective's dilemma. A murder investigation is compromised by the detective's compromised position in love.A detective's dilemma. A murder investigation is compromised by the detective's compromised position in love.

  • Director
    • Henry Levin
  • Writers
    • Scott Littleton
    • Harold Jacob Smith
    • Hal Burdick
  • Stars
    • William Gargan
    • Janis Carter
    • Jeff Donnell
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    1.1K
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    • Director
      • Henry Levin
    • Writers
      • Scott Littleton
      • Harold Jacob Smith
      • Hal Burdick
    • Stars
      • William Gargan
      • Janis Carter
      • Jeff Donnell
    • 31User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    William Gargan
    William Gargan
    • Police Lt. Tony Cochrane
    Janis Carter
    Janis Carter
    • Jill Merrill
    Jeff Donnell
    Jeff Donnell
    • Martha Cochrane
    Coulter Irwin
    • Johnny
    Charles D. Brown
    • Crane Stewart
    Paul E. Burns
    Paul E. Burns
    • Police Lt. Ole Strom
    Harry Shannon
    Harry Shannon
    • Police Capt. Lawrence
    Frank Wilcox
    Frank Wilcox
    • Douglas Loring
    Robert Kellard
    Robert Kellard
    • Doc Cochrane
    • (as Robert Stevens)
    Johnny Calkins
    Johnny Calkins
    • Boy
    • (uncredited)
    Anthony Caruso
    Anthony Caruso
    • Tusco
    • (uncredited)
    Eddy Chandler
    Eddy Chandler
    • Dickstein
    • (uncredited)
    Michael Chapin
    Michael Chapin
    • Doc Cochrane as a Boy
    • (uncredited)
    Frank Dae
    Frank Dae
    • Butler
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Davis
    • District Attorney Bill Halloran
    • (uncredited)
    Vernon Dent
    Vernon Dent
    • Fat Man in Library
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Frack
    • Reporter
    • (uncredited)
    Roy Gordon
    Roy Gordon
    • Benjamin Merrill
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Henry Levin
    • Writers
      • Scott Littleton
      • Harold Jacob Smith
      • Hal Burdick
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    • Trivia
      The car the murderer uses is a rare 1933 Packard Standard Eight Coupe Roadster. In excellent condition in 2020 this car could sell for well over $100,000.
    • Goofs
      Although the majority of the movie is a prolonged flashback set in the early 1930s, absolutely everything (with the exception of a few vintage cars) - hairstyles, wardrobe, music and decor, is strictly contemporary 1946, without the slightest attempt at accuracy.
    • Quotes

      Jill Merrill: I don't need you, I can buy and sell you.I don't know why I bother seeing you.

      Tony Cochrane: You don't know why? I'll tell you. You're rotten rich through and through.Like something they serve at the Ritz,only its been laying out in the sun too long.

      Jill Merrill: That's right, Tony, you're not my kind. The clean cut type.Little tootsie-wootsie loves her great big stupid peasant.

      Tony Cochrane: Yeah, for all your dough, like a ton of bricks!

      Jill Merrill: How picturesque. And you were totally unresponsive?

      Tony Cochrane: You're like a sickness. I was sick!

      Jill Merrill: No, Tony it was a fever!

      Tony Cochrane: Its a nightmare! With convulsions!

    • Connections
      Spin-off Night Editor (1952)

    User reviews31

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    7/10

    The Ice lady cometh

    The nifty little B Noir is part of the Bad Girls of Film Noir series. The picture is really worth seeing just to see Janis Carter in action. Her frenetic desire to see the body after this guy had just bludgeoned this girl to death was a scene to remember. But she was really the ice lady that giveth and Janis Carter just kept on giving with her icy grip on the the cop and her ability to out maneuver just about everyone.

    I had never seen Janis Carter in a B Noir movie but if this is what she is capable of then some of her others might be worth looking for. The words just one more kiss really take on true meaning with Janis Carter. But watch out for that ice pick.
    • david-546
    • Sep 13, 2013
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    • Release date
      • March 29, 1946 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Trespasser
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 8 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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