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A nurse enlists the help of a petty criminal to foil a sinister plot to murder two children.A nurse enlists the help of a petty criminal to foil a sinister plot to murder two children.A nurse enlists the help of a petty criminal to foil a sinister plot to murder two children.
Blanche Friderici
- Mrs. Maxwell
- (as Blanche Frederici)
Edward J. Nugent
- Eagan
- (as Edward Nugent)
Robert Allen
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
James Bradbury Jr.
- Wounded Prisoner
- (uncredited)
Jim Farley
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Willie Fung
- Hospital Patient
- (uncredited)
Betty Jane Graham
- Desney Ritchey
- (uncredited)
Marcia Mae Jones
- Nanny Ritchey
- (uncredited)
Allan Lane
- Intern
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaOriginally, James Cagney was supposed to play Nick, but when The Public Enemy (1931) became a big hit, it was decided that he should no longer be relegated to supporting roles, allowing the relatively unknown Clark Gable to step in instead.
- GoofsWhen Dr. Bell tells Lora that Nanny needs a blood transfusion, she replies her blood type is "4A". There is no "4A" blood type, only O, A, B. and AB. However, according to Laboratory Medicine (Volume 9, NO. 1, January 1978), "In 1935, there were several nomenclatures being used to describe the blood system now known as ABO." Therefore, it is possible that, in 1931 in that location, a different blood type terminology was being used.
- ConnectionsEdited into Syncopated City (1934)
- SoundtracksOnward, Christian Soldiers
(1871) (uncredited)
Music from "St. Gertrude" by Arthur Sullivan
Played on organ during the nurses' graduation ceremony
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The aspiring nurse Lora Hart (Barbara Stanwyck) seeks a job as a trainee nurse in a hospital, but the Supervisor of the Nurses Miss Dillon (Vera Lewis) rejects her application. However she stumbles upon Dr. Arthur Bell (Charles Winninget) in the door and he accepts her application. She befriends her roommate Maloney (Joan Blondell) and they work together in the night shift in the emergency room. When the bootlegger Mortie (Ben Lyon) comes to the hospital with a gunshot in the shoulder, Lora treats him and Mortie convinces her to not report to the police. After the graduation, Lora is hired by Dr. Milton Ranger (Ralf Harolde) to work for the alcoholic millionaire Mrs. Ritchey (Charlotte Merriam) nursing her two daughters that are sick. But soon Lora finds that they are starved to death. Further, the brutal chauffeur Nick (Clark Gable) is plotting to kill the girls that have a trust fund from their father so that Mrs. Ritchey will inherit it and then he marries her. What will Lora do?
"Night Nurse" is a Pre-Code drama directed by William A. Wellman. The storyline is a combination of genres, such as comedy of dark humour, drama, crime and romance. The storyline begins like a comedy but after the graduation of Lora and Maloney, there is a twist and becomes darker and darker. Where would have the cinema industry gone if the Pre-Code Hollywood have not been enforced? My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Triunfos de Mulher" ("Triumphs of Woman")
"Night Nurse" is a Pre-Code drama directed by William A. Wellman. The storyline is a combination of genres, such as comedy of dark humour, drama, crime and romance. The storyline begins like a comedy but after the graduation of Lora and Maloney, there is a twist and becomes darker and darker. Where would have the cinema industry gone if the Pre-Code Hollywood have not been enforced? My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Triunfos de Mulher" ("Triumphs of Woman")
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- $260,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
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