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Night Was Our Friend

  • 1951
  • 1h 1m
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5.3/10
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Night Was Our Friend (1951)
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Martin's plane crashes in the jungle of Brazil and nobody believes he survived. His wife, Sally, has fallen in love with another man while Martin is found and returns. Unable to face his dem... Read allMartin's plane crashes in the jungle of Brazil and nobody believes he survived. His wife, Sally, has fallen in love with another man while Martin is found and returns. Unable to face his demons, Martin considers ending his life.Martin's plane crashes in the jungle of Brazil and nobody believes he survived. His wife, Sally, has fallen in love with another man while Martin is found and returns. Unable to face his demons, Martin considers ending his life.

  • Director
    • Michael Anderson
  • Writer
    • Michael Pertwee
  • Stars
    • Elizabeth Sellars
    • Michael Gough
    • Ronald Howard
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.3/10
    150
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    • Director
      • Michael Anderson
    • Writer
      • Michael Pertwee
    • Stars
      • Elizabeth Sellars
      • Michael Gough
      • Ronald Howard
    • 8User reviews
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    Elizabeth Sellars
    Elizabeth Sellars
    • Sally Raynor
    Michael Gough
    Michael Gough
    • Martin Raynor
    Ronald Howard
    Ronald Howard
    • John Harper
    Marie Ney
    • Emily Raynor
    Edward Lexy
    Edward Lexy
    • Arthur Glanville
    Nora Gordon
    • Kate
    John Salew
    • Mr. Lloyd
    Cyril Smith
    • Reporter
    Cecil Bevan
    • Clerk of the Court
    Felix Felton
    • Foreman of the Jury
    Linda Gray
    • Spinster
    Edie Martin
    Edie Martin
    • Old Lady
    Roger Maxwell
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    Michael Pertwee
    Michael Pertwee
    • Young Man
    Jack May
    Jack May
    • News Vendor
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    • Director
      • Michael Anderson
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      • Michael Pertwee
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      Opening credits: All characters and events in this picture are fictitious any similarity to actual persons living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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    6/10
    The Night Wanderer
    Ten years before the immortal 'Konga' Michael Gough had already returned home psychotic after crashing his plane in the jungle in this bizarre little melodrama whose title quotes 'The Aeneid', adapted from his own play by Michael Pertwee (who plays one of the jurors).

    A lot happens in barely an hour's running time - although most of it we are told about rather than actually shown - and because it is framed in flashback we know much of what is going to happen but not how it will come to pass. The final rabbit pulled out of the hat to provide the 'surprise' conclusion is a surprise only to the audience, not the characters, since we've been deliberately kept in the dark about its existence right up to the rather abrupt conclusion.
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    • Release date
      • December 1951 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La noche fue nuestra amiga
    • Filming locations
      • Viking Film Studios, 1-5 St Mary Abbots Place, Kensington, London, Greater London, England, UK(studio: made at The Viking Studios Kensington London)
    • Production company
      • Association of Cinema Technicians (A.C.T.)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 1 minute
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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