An out-of-work journalist honeymooning in the Ozarks stumbles on a lead that a notorious bank robber is in town and tries to get his story.An out-of-work journalist honeymooning in the Ozarks stumbles on a lead that a notorious bank robber is in town and tries to get his story.An out-of-work journalist honeymooning in the Ozarks stumbles on a lead that a notorious bank robber is in town and tries to get his story.
Robert J. Wilke
- Tom Ellis
- (as Robert Wilke)
Malcolm Atterbury
- Jim - Newspaper Man on Street
- (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
- Diner Patron
- (uncredited)
Joseph Breen
- Hotel Clerk
- (uncredited)
Naomi Childers
- Townswoman
- (uncredited)
Sonny Chorre
- Rosey
- (uncredited)
George Cisar
- Manager
- (uncredited)
Bud Cokes
- Diner Patron
- (uncredited)
Walter Coy
- Pete Wayne
- (uncredited)
Ken DuMain
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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- TriviaThe car Deputy Follett drives is a 1951 or '52 Dodge Coronet 4-door sedan. Those two model years are practically identical because Chrysler was too busy fulfilling orders from the military for the Korean War to bother with any restyling of the Cornet for 1952.
- GoofsElly has one of those magic six-shooters that holds ten bullets.
- Quotes
Truck Driver: [to Colleen Miller] Nobody gets tricky with me. You understand that, Lady? Nobody gets tricky with me.
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As this film, Hot Summer Night, was made in 1957, there are a lot of familiar faces in it who had success in television: Leslie Nielsen, Paul Richards, Edward Andrews, Claude Aikens, and Jay C. Flippen. Most of the actors were quite prolific and enjoyed long careers as character actors. Nielsen's career spanned over sixty years, and he lived long enough to re-invent himself in comic roles and start a new career.
The story concerns honeymooners, the Partains (Nielsen and Colleen Miller), who are staying at a cabin near a small town. Bill Partain has been fired from his newspaper, and he gets wind of a big story that could win him his job back. A well-known thief, Tom Ellis (Robert Wilke), has struck again, and a bank employee was killed. He's hiding out nearby. No one in the town wants to help Partain find Ellis or his wife Ruth, who lives separately from him, because it's a poor town and Ellis has helped many of them for a long time. When Partain finally finds Ellis and interviews him, the actions of one of Ellis' psycho partners (Richards) make Partain a hostage.
This isn't a bad B movie. As a B movie made in black and white, it does have a TV feel to it. Richards handles a showy role well. Colleen Miller, who plays Nielsen's wife, had a difficult role; the wife was sort of a pain. The attractive Miller retired a year later when she married Ted Briskin, a wealthy man previous married to Betty Hutton.
Worth watching for the young Nielsen, and if you're my age, the actors will bring back memories for you.
The story concerns honeymooners, the Partains (Nielsen and Colleen Miller), who are staying at a cabin near a small town. Bill Partain has been fired from his newspaper, and he gets wind of a big story that could win him his job back. A well-known thief, Tom Ellis (Robert Wilke), has struck again, and a bank employee was killed. He's hiding out nearby. No one in the town wants to help Partain find Ellis or his wife Ruth, who lives separately from him, because it's a poor town and Ellis has helped many of them for a long time. When Partain finally finds Ellis and interviews him, the actions of one of Ellis' psycho partners (Richards) make Partain a hostage.
This isn't a bad B movie. As a B movie made in black and white, it does have a TV feel to it. Richards handles a showy role well. Colleen Miller, who plays Nielsen's wife, had a difficult role; the wife was sort of a pain. The attractive Miller retired a year later when she married Ted Briskin, a wealthy man previous married to Betty Hutton.
Worth watching for the young Nielsen, and if you're my age, the actors will bring back memories for you.
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- Budget
- $355,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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