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Night Editor (1946)

APPROVED 68 min  -  Crime | Film-Noir | Drama  -   29 March 1946 (USA)
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"Night Editor" was based on the already existing radio program in which a newspaper editor would recount the 'inside story' of some bit newspaper story... See full summary »

Director:

Henry Levin

Writers:

Scott Littleton (story), Harold Jacob Smith (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview:
William Gargan William Gargan ...
Tony Cochrane
Janis Carter Janis Carter ...
Jill Merrill
Jeff Donnell Jeff Donnell ...
Martha Cochrane
Coulter Irwin Coulter Irwin ...
Johnny
Charles D. Brown Charles D. Brown ...
Crane Stewart
Paul E. Burns Paul E. Burns ...
Ole Strom
Harry Shannon Harry Shannon ...
Capt. Lawrence
Frank Wilcox Frank Wilcox ...
Douglas Loring
Robert Kellard Robert Kellard ...
'Doc' Cochrane (as Robert Stevens)
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Storyline

"Night Editor" was based on the already existing radio program in which a newspaper editor would recount the 'inside story' of some bit newspaper story, and later became a television series: This time, a night editor of a newspaper is telling a story to a young reporter, who is neglecting his job and wife and beginning to drink too much. The story begins as a police detective, although devoted to his wife and young son, has entered into an affair with a society girl, also married, and while they are parked out in the boonies on a lonely road, they witness a murder. The detective, because of the circumstances of being where he is for the reason he is there, does not attempt to catch the killer and does not report the crime. He is later assigned the case and soon realizes that an innocent man is about to take the blame, and the only way he can clear him is to arrest the killer and become a witness against him... Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>  

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Plot Keywords:

Detective | Witness | Newspaper Editor | Son | Lonely Road  | See more »

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In the middle of a kiss...Murder!

Genres:

Crime | Film-Noir | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

The Trespasser See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

USA:

Sound Mix:

Mono

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Goofs

Anachronisms: Though majority of movie is a prolonged flashback set in the early Thirties, absolutely nothing (with exception of vintage cars) - hairstyles, wardrobe, music, decor - would have seemed out of place in a contemporary story set in mid-Forties. See more »

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 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!
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