Blues in the Night (1941)
Musical/Film-Noir/Drama · 1h 28m · 11/15/1941
Description
They're payin' the dues and livin' the blues. Another night, another club. Jigger Pine's quintet is sockin' 'em solid before hopping a boxcar to the next gig. Not much money in this life. But plenty of tumult involving a criminal (Lloyd Nolan), a songbird (Priscilla Lane), a siren (Betty Field) and those Bules in the Night (the famed title tune and other songs are by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer). Anatole Litvak (The Snake Pit) directs this work packed with future filmmakers: scripter RobertRossen (The Hustler), actors-turned-directors Richard Wharf (numerous TV series) and Elia Kozan (A Streetcar Named Desire), and Don Siegel (Dirty Harry), who provides the film's montages. Check your pulse if one of Siegel's inventive sequences diesn't provoke gasps of amazement!
Priscilla Lane
Ginger 'Character' Powell
Betty Field
Kay Grant
Richard Whorf
Jigger Pine
Lloyd Nolan
Del Davis
Jack Carson
Leo Powell
Wallace Ford
Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
Elia Kazan
Nickie Haroyen
Peter Whitney
Pete Bossett
Billy Halop
Peppi
Howard Da Silva
Sam Paryas
Joyce Compton
Blonde dancing with drunkHerbert Heywood
Brakeman
George Lloyd
Joe (St. Louis cafe owner)Charles C. Wilson
Barney (as Charles Wilson)Matt McHugh
DrunkJimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra
A Barnstorming Band (as Jimmy Lunceford and His Band)Will Osborne's Orchestra
Guy Heiser's Band (as Will Osborne and His Band)William 'Bill' Phillips
(scenes deleted)Jean Ames
Jitterbug (uncredited)
Leah Baird
Nurse (uncredited)Brooks Benedict
Gambler at Dice Table (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
Policeman in Patrol Car (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson
Man #2 Sitting with Kay (uncredited)
Dudley Dickerson
Black Prisoner #3 in Cell (uncredited)John Dilson
Dr. Morse (uncredited)
Faith Domergue
Jitterbug (uncredited)
Roland Drew
Gambler Letting Kay Throw Dice (uncredited)Ann Edmonds
Woman Waiting for Telephone Booth (uncredited)
Faye Emerson
Dr. Morse's Nurse (uncredited)
William Gillespie
Baritone Singer in Jail Cell (uncredited)
David Gorcey
Jitterbug (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
Del's Henchman #2 (uncredited)Eddie Graham
Gambler at Dice Table (uncredited)Harrison Greene
Drunk Saying, 'OK, Here's Five' (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Gambler at Dice Table (uncredited)
John Hamilton
Doctor Treating Jigger (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Bill - Bartender (uncredited)
William Hopper
Billiard Player (uncredited)
Charles Irwin
Man #1 Sitting with Kay (uncredited)Edward Keane
Drunk Saying, 'It's a Scream' (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Bartender at The Jungle (uncredited)Jimmie Lunceford
Barnstorming Band Leader (uncredited)
Hank Mann
Prisoner Saying, 'Pipe Down' (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
Gambler Watching Kay Throw Dice (uncredited)
Patrick McVey
Waiter (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Booking Sergeant (uncredited)Louis Natheaux
Croupier (uncredited)George Offerman Jr.
Jitterbug (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Guard at Police Station (uncredited)John J. Richardson
Gambler at Dice Table (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Gambler at Dice Table (uncredited)Cliff Saum
Prisoner (uncredited)Napoleon Simpson
Black Prisoner #2 (uncredited)
Juanita Stark
Jitterbug (uncredited)
Elliott Sullivan
Waiter #2 at The Jungle (uncredited)
Mabel Todd
Baby Beth Barton - Singer (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Anthony Warde
Del's Henchman #1 (uncredited)
Billy Wayne
Waiter #1 at The Jungle (uncredited)Ernest Whitman
Black Prisoner #1 (uncredited)
Anatole Litvak
DirectorEdwin Gilbert
Writer
Robert Rossen
Writer
The Roaring Twenties
Phantom Lady
The Killers
Out of the Past
Dark Passage
The Big Sleep
Murder, My Sweet
Cornered
Detour
Gilda
Mildred Pierce
The Blue Dahlia
Night and the City
In a Lonely Place
Criss Cross
Key Largo
The Maltese Falcon
Street of Chance
The Glass Key
Conflict
Blues in the Night
(DVD, Keep Case (Std.))
7/22/2008
