Remember the Night
Barbara and Fred in 1940's first great love affair…!
1940 | 94m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Mitchell Leisen |
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| Writer: | Preston Sturges |
| Staring: |
| Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone in jail. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 19, 1940 |
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| Director: | Mitchell Leisen |
| Writer: | Preston Sturges |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance |
| Keywords | new year's eve, indiana, usa, court case, respect, road trip, niagara falls, redemption, falling in love, kindness, family, district attorney, prosecutor, bail bondsman, barn dance, christmas, return home, shoplifter, mother daughter relationship, man saves troubled woman |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Barbara Stanwyck | Lee Leander/Anna Rose Malone |
| Fred MacMurray | Jack Sargent |
| Beulah Bondi | Mrs. Sargent |
| Elizabeth Patterson | Aunt Emma "Emmie" |
| Willard Robertson | Francis X. O'Leary |
| Sterling Holloway | Willie Simms |
| Charles Waldron | Judge in New York |
| Paul Guilfoyle | District Attorney |
| Charles Arnt | Tom |
| John Wray | Hank |
| Thomas W. Ross | Mr. Emory |
| Fred 'Snowflake' Toones | Rufus |
| Tom Kennedy | 'Fat' Mike |
| Georgia Caine | Lee's Mother, Mrs. Malone |
| Virginia Brissac | Mrs. Emory |
| Spencer Charters | Judge at Rummage Sale |
| Jean Acker | Jury Member (uncredited) |
| Ambrose Barker | Customs Official (uncredited) |
| John Beck | Lee's Stepfather (uncredited) |
| Brooks Benedict | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
| Avril Cameron | Jury Member (uncredited) |
| Chester Clute | Jewelry Salesman (uncredited) |
| Frank Conklin | Jury Member (uncredited) |
| Harry Depp | Jury Member (uncredited) |
| Edmund Elton | Minister (uncredited) |
| Julia Faye | Jury Member (uncredited) |
| James Flavin | Court Attendant (uncredited) |
| George Guhl | Court Guard (uncredited) |
| Beth Hartman | Jury Member (uncredited) |
| Milton Kibbee | Jury Member (uncredited) |
| Fuzzy Knight | Bandleader at Barn Dance (uncredited) |
| Lillian Lawrence | Townswoman at Rummage Sale (uncredited) |
| Kate Drain Lawson | Jail Matron (uncredited) |
| Martha Mears | Nightclub Singer (uncredited) |
| George Melford | Brian the Bailiff (uncredited) |
| Pat O'Malley | Jury Member (uncredited) |
| Walter Soderling | Jury Member (uncredited) |
| Bernard Suss | Jury Member (uncredited) |
| Julius Tannen | Jury Member (uncredited) |
| Florence Wix | Judge's Wife (uncredited) |
| James Carlisle | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| William A. Boardway | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Steve Carruthers | Court Reporter (uncredited) |
| Roy Crane | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| Jon Dodson | Nightclub Singer #3 (uncredited) |
| Harry Evans | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Kenneth Gibson | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
| Carl M. Leviness | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
| Bud Linn | Nightclub Singer #4 (uncredited) |
| Robert Locke Lorraine | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Earl Pingree | Jury Member (uncredited) |
| Paul Power | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Rad Robinson | Nightclub Singer #2 (uncredited) |
| Ruth Warren | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| Katherine Yorke | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Eugene Joseff | Other |
| Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Walter Oberst | Sound Recordist |
| Irvin Talbot | Conductor |
| LeRoy Prinz | Choreographer |
| Dorothy Ponedel | Makeup Artist |
| A. E. Freudeman | Interior Designer, Set Decoration |
| Charles Bradshaw | Orchestrator |
| Doane Harrison | Editor |
| Roland Anderson | Art Direction |
| Earl S. Hayman | Sound Recordist |
| John Zinn | Casting |
| Leo Shuken | Orchestrator |
| Preston Sturges | Screenplay |
| Ted Tetzlaff | Director of Photography |
| Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Wally Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Friedrich Hollaender | Original Music Composer |
| Hal Walker | Assistant Director |
| Mitchell Leisen | Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Mitchell Leisen | Producer |
| Albert Lewis | Producer |
| William LeBaron | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 9 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17 | 37 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 |
| 2024 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 5 |
| 2024 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 7 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 4 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 5 |
| 2024 | 11 | 10 | 24 | 4 |
| 2024 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 8 |
| 2025 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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You don't have to be a horse to judge a horse show. Remember the Night is directed by Mitchell Leisen and written by Preston Sturges. It stars Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi, Elizabeth Patterson, Willard Robertson and Sterling Holloway. Music is by Friedrich Hollaender and cinemat ... ography by Ted Tetzlaff. A lovely heart warming tale for the Yuletide season, story pitches Stanwyck as a lady thief and MacMurray as the prosecutor who takes pity on her and takes her home to meet his family. Back stories are revealed and the chemistry between the two principals is palpable. The genius pen of Sturges provides much humour, romance and family values, while Leisen smartly directs his cast to bonzer performances. Also of note is that the director never lets the film slip into deep treacle territory, getting the various balances just right. A must see Christmas movie across the board. 8/10