A Night to Remember (1942)
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- Synopsis:
- A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village, thinking it will provide the perfect atmosphere for her mystery writer husband to create his next book. They soon find themselves in the middle of a real-life mystery when a corpse turns up in their apartment.
- Actors:
- Loretta Young, Brian Aherne, Jeff Donnell, William Wright, Sidney Toler, Gale Sondergaard, Donald MacBride, Lee Patrick, Don Costello, Richard Gaines, Frank Baker, William 'Billy' Benedict, James Burke, George Chandler, Ralph Curly, John Dilson, Eddie Dunn, Ralph Dunn, Jimmie Fox, Harry Harvey
- Directors:
- Richard Wallace
- Producers:
- Samuel Bischoff
- Writers:
- Richard Flournoy, Jack Henley, Audrey Roos, William Roos
- Aka:
- No. 13 Gay Street
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thrillers
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Murder Mystery - A Night to Remember review by Steve
Energetic and very funny mystery-comedy set in Greenwich Village. An urbane married couple (Loretta Young and Brian Aherne) move into a new apartment and stumble on a corpse, a houseful of shady characters, and a harassed, laconic police inspector (Sidney Toler) and his goons.
So of course the duo investigate the dangerous suspects while getting in the way of the cops. As Aherne is playing a mystery writer who moved into the district to research a novel, this could all be the product of his crazy imagination…
These are only second level lead actors, plus a journeyman director, but this punches way above its weight. Young and Aherne are a fun, lively combo. She is vivacious, and he has plenty of charm. They handle the frantic one-liners like screwball stars.
And director Richard Wallace does fine work too. It's an atmospheric picture with a spooky pre-noir look. The story is pacy and coherent. Often in mystery-comedies the puzzle comes a poor second, but this is genuinely suspenseful. By the ’40s these kooky Manhattan thrillers were out of fashion, but this is one of the very best.