This Could Be the Night
How did that school teacher ever get mixed up with the mobsters?
1957 | 103m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Robert Wise |
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| Writer: | Isobel Lennart, Cornelia Baird Gross |
| Staring: |
| To earn extra money, a prim schoolteacher takes a second job as secretary to the uncouth owner of a boisterous nightclub. | |
| Release Date: | May 14, 1957 |
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| Director: | Robert Wise |
| Writer: | Isobel Lennart, Cornelia Baird Gross |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | new york city, cabaret, nightclub, virgin, job interview, night shift, stripper, woman between two men, singer, secretary, school teacher, job seeking, nightclub owner, new job, punch in face, musical acts, character comedy, goody two shoes, dancing girls, second job, nightclub music, business partners |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $1,520,000
Budget: $1,560,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Rafael Campos | Hussein Mohammed |
| Zasu Pitts | Mrs. Shea |
| Tom Helmore | Stowe Devlin |
| Murvyn Vye | Waxie London |
| Vaughn Taylor | Ziggy Dawit |
| Frank Ferguson | Mr. Shea |
| William Joyce | Bruce Cameron |
| James Todd | Mr. Hallerby |
| Ray Anthony | Self |
| Chuck Berry | Guitarist at Waxie's Club (uncredited) |
| Bess Flowers | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Percy Helton | Charlie (uncredited) |
| Harry Hines | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Edna Holland | Schoolteacher (uncredited) |
| Nora Marlowe | Mrs. Gretchma (uncredited) |
| Sid Melton | Cabbie (uncredited) |
| Paul Petersen | Joey (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Robert Wise | Director |
| Sydney Guilaroff | Hairstylist |
| Isobel Lennart | Screenplay |
| Russell Harlan | Director of Photography |
| William Tuttle | Makeup Artist |
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Irving Aaronson | Music Coordinator |
| George Boemler | Editor |
| William A. Horning | Art Direction |
| Lee LeBlanc | Special Effects |
| Robert R. Benton | Set Decoration |
| Wesley C. Miller | Recording Supervision |
| Cornelia Baird Gross | Story |
| Paul Groesse | Art Direction |
| Ridgeway Callow | Assistant Director |
| Bobby Tucker | Vocals |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Joe Pasternak | Producer |
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