Remember the Night (1940)
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Reviews Counted: 7 Fresh: 7 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Synopsis:
When Lee Leander is caught shoplifting during Christmas, the prosecuting District Attorney feels guilty for incarcerating her when everyone else is with their families. Once he realizes that they come from the same hometown, he decides to put up her bail. As the two journey back to their... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi, Elizabeth Patterson, Sterling Holloway
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Screenwriter: Preston Sturges
Producer: Mitchell Leisen
Composer: Frederick Hollander
Screenwriter: Preston Sturges
Producer: Mitchell Leisen
Composer: Frederick Hollander
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You'd have to be a grump not to like this funny, sentimental blend of pathos, drama and zaniness.
11/12/07 07:10 PM
Stanwyck turns in a fine performance. MacMurray is impressive as the serious-minded prosecutor, but loosens up for the comedy stretches.
11/12/07 07:09 PM
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Playing superbly on the personae of his leads, Leisen creates a movie of warmth and immense style, which never quite trips over into excessive sentimentality.
06/24/06 03:37 AM
Perhaps this is a bit too early in the season to be talking of the best pictures of 1940; it is not too early to say that Paramount's nomination is worth considering.
01/28/06 03:42 AM
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The loose, graceful script is by Preston Sturges (one of his last before he turned to directing), and it partakes of a softness and nostalgia that seldom surfaced in his own films.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
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