Jean Simmons (a school teacher) takes a secretarial job in a nightclub. The two club owners quibble about a lot, including her. Unfortunately, she develops an interest for the partner who disapproves of her employment at the club.
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Title: This Could Be the Night (1957)
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| Jean Simmons | ... | Anne Leeds | |
| Paul Douglas | ... | Rocco | |
| Anthony Franciosa | ... | Tony Armotti | |
| Julie Wilson | ... | Ivy Corlane | |
| Neile Adams | ... | Patsy St. Clair | |
| Joan Blondell | ... | Crystal St. Clair | |
| J. Carrol Naish | ... | Leon - Chef | |
| Rafael Campos | ... | Hussein Mohammed | |
| Zasu Pitts | ... | Mrs. Katie Shea - Landlady | |
| Tom Helmore | ... | Stowe Devlin | |
| Murvyn Vye | ... | Waxie London | |
| Vaughn Taylor | ... | Ziggy Dawit - Columnist | |
| Frank Ferguson | ... | Mr. Shea - Landlord | |
| William Joyce | ... | Bruce Cameron (as William Ogden Joyce) | |
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James Todd | ... | Mr. Hallerby |
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Jean Simmons (a school teacher) takes a secretarial job in a nightclub. The two club owners quibble about a lot, including her. Unfortunately, she develops an interest for the partner who disapproves of her employment at the club.
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12 December 1957 (Argentina) See more »Also Known As:
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Tony Armotti: Ivy, could you give a lift? For Hussein get a new name we got to find a costumer who can add X and Y and get Z.
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Several songs from The Opposite Sex (1956) are played throughout the movie instrumentally including its theme. See more »Quotes
Ivy Corlane: Friends and neighbours the time is right! This could be the night!Tony Armotti: Ivy, could you give a lift? For Hussein get a new name we got to find a costumer who can add X and Y and get Z.
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I've Got You Under My Skin(uncredited)
Written by Cole Porter
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Quite a bit like the recent "Cold Comfort Farm" (though with a little more dramatic weight) in that in both a plucky, well-bred young woman plunks herself down in a hostile environment, rapidly wins her difficult new companions over and quickly whips them all into shape - without so much as breaking a nail in the process. And much like that picture, this too is great fun.
The director, Robert Wise, has a terrific feel for the nightclub setting and a lot of affection for its colorful inhabitants - always the key for this sort of film working. It's delightfully lively, beautifully paced and works in some fine musical numbers as well.
Marvelous cast. I love the sly, knowing look on schoolteacher Jean Simmons' face after Tony Franciosa, playing the street smart, cynical nightclub manager, comes to her rescue by breaking up a fight in her classroom. Franciosa was an intense, unselfish actor who was great at portraying inner conflict in a natural way that served the storyline, not his ego.
The algebra test subplot (yes, algebra) is a bit of a reach, and the film seems to end somewhat prematurely, but an accomplished piece of film-making nonetheless. Leonard Maltin inaccurately describes Paul Douglas' character as a gangster when in fact, he's merely a nightclub owner who, quite understandably, comes into contact with some unsavory people.