Night Ride (1937 film)

Night Ride is a 1937 black and white British drama film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Julian Vedey, Wally Patch and Jimmy Hanley.[1] It was made at Pinewood Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold.[3]

Night Ride
Jimmy Hanley & Wally Patch
Directed byJohn Paddy Carstairs
Produced byAnthony Havelock-Allan
Written byRalph Gilbert Bettison
Based onthe story by Julian Vedey
StarringJulian Vedey
Wally Patch
Jimmy Hanley
CinematographyDesmond Dickinson
Edited byLister Laurance
Production
company
Distributed byParamount British Pictures
Release date
June 1937 (UK)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Young truck driver Dick Benson (Jimmy Hanley) and friend Alf Higgins (Wally Patch) set up their own haulage company with the financial backing of Tony Spinelli (Julian Vedey), an Italian restaurant owner. However, their former boss Arthur Wilson (Frank Petley), concerned about the competition, uses underhand methods to try and sabotage the enterprise. Wilson sends his attractive daughter Ruth (Elizabeth Kent) to seduce Dick, and a group of thugs to work over their trucks. Wilson very nearly succeeds, but Dick and the truckers make a success of themselves by rescuing miners trapped in a flooded mine.

Main cast

References

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.


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