A Night Like This (film)
A Night Like This is a 1932 comedy film directed by Tom Walls and starring Walls, Ralph Lynn and Winifred Shotter. Ben Travers wrote the screenplay, adapting his own play, the original 1930 Aldwych farce of the same title.[1]
| A Night Like This | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Tom Walls |
| Produced by | Herbert Wilcox |
| Written by | Ben Travers (play and screenplay) W.P. Lipscomb (screenplay) Tom Walls (screenplay) |
| Starring | Tom Walls Ralph Lynn Winifred Shotter Robertson Hare |
| Music by | Roy Fox Lew Stone |
| Cinematography | Freddie Young |
| Edited by | Maclean Rogers |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Woolf and Freedman |
Release date | 17 March 1932 |
Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The film was made at Elstree Studios with sets designed by the art director Lawrence P. Williams.
Synopsis
Police Constable Mahoney, with the help of the affable Clifford Tope, outwits a criminal gang that operates from a gambling club. Mahoney and Tope restore a stolen necklace to its owner.[1]
Cast
- Clifford Tope – Ralph Lynn*
- PC Michael Mahoney – Tom Walls*
- Cora Mellish – Winifred Shotter*
- Mrs Decent – Mary Brough*
- Miles Tuckett – Robertson Hare*
- Aubrey Slott – Claude Hulbert
- Micky the Mailer – C. V. France
- Molly Dean – Joan Brierley
- Koski – Boris Ranevsky
- Waiter – Reginald Purdell
- Mrs Tuckett – Norma Varden*
- Mimi, cocktail shaker – Kay Hammond
- Taxi driver – Hal Gordon
- Night club band – Roy Fox's Band
- Singer – Al Bowlly
- Pianist – Lew Stone
- Source: British Film Institute[1]
Cast members marked * were the creators of the roles in the original stage production; Michael Mahoney was called Michael Marsden in the stage play.[2]
References
- "A Night Like This", British Film Institute, accessed 28 February 2013
- "Aldwych Theatre", The Times, 19 February 1930, p. 12
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