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Director:
Errol Taggart
Writers:
Robert Hardy Andrews (screenplay)
Cortland Fitzsimmons (novel)
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Release Date:
2 October 1936 (USA) more
Genre:
Mystery | Romance more
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User Comments:
Good murder yarn; weak comedy more (5 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Robert Young ... Charley Phelps
Florence Rice ... Joan Sutton
Ted Healy ... Police Sergeant Magee
Julie Haydon ... Eve Sutton
Catherine Doucet ... Mrs. Wilson G. Wilson, a Customer
Janet Beecher ... Mrs. Briggs, Carl's Mother
Leslie Fenton ... Carl Briggs
Sidney Toler ... Captain Holt
Paul Stanton ... Mr. Grover, Head Buyer for the Store
Etienne Girardot ... Kendrick Kinney
Tommy Bupp ... Albert Wilson
Samuel S. Hinds ... Hastings, Store Manager
Minor Watson ... Hardy, Store Security
Kitty McHugh ... Midge Riley, a Salesgirl
Olin Howland ... Smythe, Floorwalker
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Runtime:
51 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:G | USA:Approved (PCA #2557)
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

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Trivia:
Thought to be the shortest feature ever produced by MGM (the title notwithstanding!). more
Soundtrack:
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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Good murder yarn; weak comedy, 20 March 2006
6/10
Author: krorie from Van Buren, Arkansas

This is a fairly entertaining programmer featuring Robert Young in his early screen career. He is again teamed with Florence Rice, an up and coming actress who never quite made it in the big times, though she showed potential. Of interest is Ted Healy as Police Sergeant Magee (yes, another dumb detective/policeman role). Healy was the comic responsible for introducing The Three Stooges to the world. That may be a blessing or a curse depending on how much you like Moe, Larry, and Curly.

"The Longest Night" is a compact comedy thriller with the entire story taking place on one night (hence the title) at one location, a department store, except for the opening sequence which takes place on the street. Sidney Toler, in his pre-Charlie Chan days, has the meaty part of Captain Holt, the one in charge of the investigation when a murder occurs in the store. The cast includes an assortment of character actors including the often corny Olin Howland as a floorwalker.

Thought there is much attempt at humor, most of it is lame by today's standards. Many of the supposedly funny lines fall flat; even the slapstick seems forced. This film would have played better with less comedy and more thrills and chills.

Taken as a short murder mystery, "The Longest Night" works. Taken as a comedy, it falls on its tush.

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