Vigil in the Night
"IT TAKES A LOT TO MAKE ME LOVE A MAN In The Face Of All I Know About Them!"
1940 | 102m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | George Stevens |
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| Writer: | Rowland Leigh, A.J. Cronin, P.J. Wolfson, Fred Guiol |
| Staring: |
| A good nurse ruins her career by covering up for her sister's careless mistake. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 05, 1940 |
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| Director: | George Stevens |
| Writer: | Rowland Leigh, A.J. Cronin, P.J. Wolfson, Fred Guiol |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | nurse, self sacrifice, isolation, night shift, accidental death, epidemic, sick child, medical drama, charity hospital, death on duty, sisters love, hospital setting, hospital crisis, hospital expenses, negligent nurse, pre-war england, medical cover-up |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 16, 2026 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Carole Lombard | Anne Lee |
| Brian Aherne | Dr. Robert S. Prescott |
| Anne Shirley | Lucy Lee |
| Julien Mitchell | Matthew Bowley |
| Robert Coote | Dr. Caley |
| Brenda Forbes | Nora Dunn |
| Peter Cushing | Joe Shand |
| Rita Page | Glennie |
| Ethel Griffies | Matron East |
| Doris Lloyd | Mrs. Martha Bowley |
| Emily Fitzroy | Sister Gilson |
| May Beatty | Mrs. Merchant - Prescott's Housekeeper |
| John Bridges | Jury Foreman |
| James Carlisle | Jury Member |
| Wallis Clark | Mr. Peterson - Board Member |
| Donnie Dunagan | Tommy |
| Edward Fielding | Forest - Epidemic Doctor |
| Jack Gargan | Courtroom Spectator |
| Helena Grant | Nurse Gregg |
| Charlie Hall | Courtroom Spectator |
| Winifred Harris | First Matron (Sherman Cty.) |
| Tiny Jones | Distraught Mother |
| Colin Kenny | Court Bailiff |
| Carl M. Leviness | Jury Member |
| Rafaela Ottiano | Mrs. Henrietta Sullivan |
| Tom Quinn | Doctor |
| Reginald Sheffield | Judge Tyler |
| Brick Sullivan | Court Bailiff |
| Denny Sullivan | Jury Member |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Rowland Leigh | Screenplay |
| A.J. Cronin | Novel |
| Henry Berman | Editor |
| Robert De Grasse | Director of Photography |
| P.J. Wolfson | Screenplay |
| Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| Sydney M. Fogel | Assistant Director |
| Richard Van Hessen | Sound Recordist |
| George Stevens | Director |
| Fred Guiol | Screenplay |
| Alfred Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Van Nest Polglase | Art Direction |
| Walter Plunkett | Costume Design |
| Name | Title |
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| George Stevens | Producer |
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