Rating: NR
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 07/22/2008
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 88 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video

The big-band mystique of the 1940s was explored by Blues in the Night. Future directors Richard Whorf and Elia Kazan star as, respectively, a neurotic band-leader and a carefree clarinettist. Their jazz band travels from one small-time gig to another, always hoping for their big break but always denied fame thanks to their own personal demons. Priscilla Lane and Betty Field portray (again respectively) the good and bad girls in the musicians' lives. While we're never treated to a full rendition of the title song, Blues in the Night scores with its melodramatic set pieces, including a gutsy climactic murder/suicide sequence involving Betty Field and escaped convict Lloyd Nolan.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Priscilla Lane - Ginger Powell
Betty Field - Kay Grant
Richard Whorf - Jigger Pine
Lloyd Nolan - Del Davis
Jack Carson - Leo Powell
Wallace Ford - Brad Ames
Elia Kazan - Nickie Haroyan
Peter Whitney - Pete
Billy Halop - Pepe
Joyce Compton - Blonde
Herbert Heywood - Brakeman
George Lloyd - Night Club Manager
Charles Wilson - Barney
Matt McHugh - Drunk

Production:
Anatole Litvak - Director
Henry Blanke - Producer
Harold Arlen Heinz Roemheld - Composer
Owen Marks - Editor
Edwin Gilbert Robert Rossen - Screen Writer
Max Parker - Art Director
Ernest Haller - Cinematographer
Leo F. Forbstein - Musical Direction/Supervision
Edwin Gilbert - Play Author
Harold Arlen - Songwriter
Johnny Mercer - Songwriter
Perc Westmore - Makeup

1941 Academy