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| A Night Like This | |
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| Directed by | Tom Walls |
| Written by | Ben Travers W. P. Lipscomb Tom Walls |
| Based on | A Night Like This by Ben Travers |
| Produced by | Herbert Wilcox |
| Starring | Tom Walls Ralph Lynn Winifred Shotter Robertson Hare |
| Cinematography | Freddie Young |
| Edited by | Maclean Rogers |
| Music by | Roy Fox Lew Stone |
| Production company | British and Dominions |
| Distributed by | Woolf and Freedman |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
A Night Like This is a 1932 comedy film directed by Tom Walls and starring Walls, Ralph Lynn and Winifred Shotter. Ben Travers wrote the screenplay, adapting his own play, the original 1930 Aldwych farce of the same title.
The film was made at British and Dominion's Elstree Studios with sets designed by the art director Lawrence P. Williams.
Plot
Police Constable Mahoney, with the help of the affable Clifford Tope, outwits a criminal gang that operates from a gambling club. Mahoney and Tope restore a stolen necklace to its owner.
Cast
- Ralph Lynn as Clifford Tope*
- Tom Walls as PC Michael Mahoney*
- Winifred Shotter as Cora Mellish*
- Mary Brough as Mrs Decent*
- Robertson Hare as Miles Tuckett*
- Claude Hulbert as Aubrey Slott
- C. V. France as Micky the Mailer
- Joan Brierley as Molly Dean
- Boris Ranevsky as Koski
- Reginald Purdell as Waiter
- Norma Varden as Mrs Tuckett*
- Kay Hammond as Mimi, cocktail shaker
- Hal Gordon as Taxi driver
- Roy Fox's Band as Night club band
- Al Bowlly as Singer
- Lew Stone as Pianist
- Source: British Film Institute
Cast members marked * were the creators of the roles in the original stage production; Michael Mahoney was called Michael Marsden in the stage play.
References
- ^ "A Night Like This", British Film Institute, accessed 28 February 2013
- "Aldwych Theatre", The Times, 19 February 1930, p. 12
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- 1932 films
- 1932 comedy films
- Aldwych farce
- Films set in London
- British comedy films
- British films based on plays
- Films directed by Tom Walls
- Films set in England
- British black-and-white films
- British and Dominions Studios films
- Films shot at Imperial Studios, Elstree
- 1930s English-language films
- 1930s British films
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