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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 Blues 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 Robert Rossen (The Hustler), actors-turned-directors Richard Whorf (numerous TV series) and Elia Kazan (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 doesn't provoke gasps of amazement!
Original Release
11/15/1941
US Release
11/15/1941
Cast
Name | Character |
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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) / Brad Ames |
Peter Whitney | Pete Bossett |
Billy Halop | Peppi |
Howard Da Silva | Sam Paryas |
Joyce Compton | Blonde |
Directors
Writers
Elia Kazan, Edwin Gilbert, Robert Rossen
Cast
Name | Character |
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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) / Brad Ames |
Peter Whitney | Pete Bossett |
Billy Halop | Peppi |
Howard Da Silva | Sam Paryas |
Joyce Compton | Blonde |
Herbert Heywood | Train Brakeman |
George Lloyd | Joe - St Louis Cafe Owner |
Charles C. Wilson | Barney |
Matt McHugh | St. Louis Jail Drunk |
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra | A Barnstorming Band |
Will Osborne's Orchestra | Guy Heiser's Band |
Jean Ames | Jitterbug |
Leah Baird | Nurse |
Brooks Benedict | Gambler at Dice Table |
Wade Boteler | Policeman in Patrol Car |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Hal B. Wallis | Executive Producer |
Henry Blanke | Producer |
Editors
Trailers
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1942 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |