Love blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.
Director:
Mitchell LeisenWriter:
Preston Sturges (original screenplay)
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Title: Remember the Night (1940)
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Barbara Stanwyck | ... | Lee Leander | |
| Fred MacMurray | ... | John Sargent | |
| Beulah Bondi | ... | Mrs. Sargent | |
| Elizabeth Patterson | ... | Aunt Emma | |
| Willard Robertson | ... | Francis X. O'Leary | |
| Sterling Holloway | ... | Willie | |
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Charles Waldron | ... | Judge in New York |
| Paul Guilfoyle | ... | District Attorney | |
| Charles Arnt | ... | Tom (as Charlie Arnt) | |
| John Wray | ... | Hank | |
| Thomas W. Ross | ... | Mr. Emory | |
| Fred 'Snowflake' Toones | ... | Rufus (as Snowflake) | |
| Tom Kennedy | ... | 'Fat' Mike | |
| Georgia Caine | ... | Lee's Mother | |
| Virginia Brissac | ... | Mrs. Emory | |
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Just before Christmas, Lee Leander is caught shoplifting. It is her third offense. She is prosecuted by John Sargent. He postpones the trial because it is hard to get a conviction at Christmas time. However, he feels sorry for her and arranges for her bail; he also ends up taking her home to his mother for Christmas. Surrounded by a loving family (in stark contrast to Lee's own family background), they fall in love. This creates a new problem: how do they handle the upcoming trial? Written by John Oswalt <jao@jao.com>
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smother mother | manipulative mother | jail sentence | screwball comedy | jewelry |Taglines:
THE LAW SAID SHE WAS BAD...HE SAID SHE'S TERRIFIC! (original print ad-all caps) See more »Parents Guide:
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(1917) (uncredited)
Music by James F. Hanley
Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald
Played by the band and sung by Martha Mears and an unidentified male quartet at the nightclub
Played also at the barn dance and often in the score
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Theatrically released in the USA with Shakespearian Spinach (1940) as the preceding cartoon. See more »Goofs
About 30 minutes into the movie, Lee and Jack wake up in the middle of a field full of cows. One cow puts her head into the car and wakes them. They decide to milk the cow for breakfast. The cow's head remains inside the car while being milked. Lee is at the back end of the cow, while Jack is sitting on the car's running board with both hands busy milking the cow. At this point, the cow is inside the car chewing a hat. Then a mysterious hand appears under the cow's jaw holding the cow in place. When the view returns to Lee and Jack, it's apparent it wasn't either one of them. See more »Soundtracks
(Back Home Again in) Indiana(1917) (uncredited)
Music by James F. Hanley
Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald
Played by the band and sung by Martha Mears and an unidentified male quartet at the nightclub
Played also at the barn dance and often in the score
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19 January 1940 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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When you think of holiday classics you might not think of "Remember The Night." You may have never even heard of it. But it is a must see and as good as "Miracle on 34th St." or "It's a Wonderful life."
Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck star perfectly together (before they re-temed for "Double Indemnity.")
He is a prosecutor for the district attorney, she a shoplifter who gets caught stealing some jewelry just before Christmas. With the Christmas weekend holiday approaching, he arranges her bail so she won't be locked up over the holiday. Thinking he only did this so she would, um you know ... she shows up at his apartment as he is preparing to go home for the holiday. He convinces her that he's not after her uh ... you know.
Over dinner they discover they are both from Idaho, "how'd you like to go home for Christmas?. he asks her. He offers to drop her off at her folks on the way to his.
A road trip, comedy, drama, funny and likable supporting characters, and love and tears follow. Also, a wonderful moral to the story. All this without bit of sex, a word of profanity, violence or an explosion. This picture is for all ages. It won't offend or insult anyone.
Don't miss it.