Crime by Night

1944
Approved
1 Std. 12 Min.

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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuDetective Sam Campbell and his perky sidekick Robby Vance are called in on a routine child support dispute. Things take an unexpected turn when the client's ex-father-in-law, head of a chemi... Alles lesenDetective Sam Campbell and his perky sidekick Robby Vance are called in on a routine child support dispute. Things take an unexpected turn when the client's ex-father-in-law, head of a chemical plant, is the victim of an axe murder.Detective Sam Campbell and his perky sidekick Robby Vance are called in on a routine child support dispute. Things take an unexpected turn when the client's ex-father-in-law, head of a chemical plant, is the victim of an axe murder.

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6,2/10

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Jane Wyman

Robbie Vance

Jerome Cowan

Sam Campbell

Faye Emerson

Ann Marlow

Charles Lang

Paul Goff

Eleanor Parker

Irene Carr

Stuart Crawford

Larry Borden

Cy Kendall

Sheriff Max Ambers

Charles C. Wilson

District Attorney Hyatt
(as Charles Wilson)

Roy Brent

Roy - Waiter
(Nicht genannt)

Jack Cheatham

Deputy
(Nicht genannt)

George Guhl

Harry - Jailer
(Nicht genannt)

Creighton Hale

Horace Grayson
(Nicht genannt)

Stuart Holmes

Hotel Tenant
(Nicht genannt)

Fred Kelsey

Dad Martin
(Nicht genannt)

Bill Kennedy

Hospital Attendant
(Nicht genannt)

Hank Mann

Mr. Dinwiddle - Desk Clerk
(Nicht genannt)

Frank Mayo

Deputy
(Nicht genannt)

Buddy Messinger

Bellboy
(Nicht genannt)

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Wissenswertes
According to the film's review in The Hollywood Reporter, the movie was released about 18 months after it was finished, but the cause of the delay is not known.

Patzer
Campbell goes to the hospital to visit Carr's worker who was found by Campbell and Vance lying bleeding and almost dead at Carr's cottage. He then sees his body being wheeled out by a hospital worker therefore this now a murder case however Sheriff Amber's office does not conduct a murder investigation specifically regarding the worker. In fact, the killing of the worker is practically ignored and basically just considered a dead witness. The worker happened to be an African-American so perhaps that is a telling sign about the attitude of the filmmakers and screenwriter during that time period.

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Sam Campbell: [on the phone] Let me talk to Sheriff Ambers. Ambers. "A" as in Amorous, "M" as in Emory, "B" as in Benzedrine, "E" as in Anything, "R" as in Arthritis, and "S" as in Sneeze.

Soundtracks
Two Tables Apart
(1944) (uncredited)
Music by Arthur Altman (unconfirmed)
Lyrics by Kim Gannon (unconfirmed)
Performed by Charles Lang in the hotel cocktail lounge
Partially sung and whistled by Jerome Cowan
Also played instrumentally in the hotel lounge

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6/10

Crime by night

Larry Borden's career as a concert pianist ended when a dispute with wealthy father-in-law Harvey Carr ended up with his hand chopped by an ax. Carr is found dead from a blow by an ax, and Larry is sure to be the prime suspect. He hires New York detective Sam Campbell and his secretary-partner Robbie Vance. Harvey's daughter and Larry's ex-wife, Irene, also turn up, along with another dead body, the estate's handyman.

Irene is now engaged to Paul Goff, a singer, who has an agent, Ann Marlow. A theory develops that Carr's death involved a wartime spy ring and a chemical plant he owned, and Goff is implicated. Goff is the next murder victim, though. Sam and Robbie eventually deduce that Ann is the actual spy. They solve the case and save Larry, freeing them to return to New York.

Fast-paced mystery that is fairly entertaining and features an interesting protagonist in Jerome Cowan, a quick-talking and sleazy detective. Jane Wyman plays his assistant. The mystery can be complicated, and you have to really pay attention to the conversations.