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Plot

Made in the final years of director John S. Robertson's career, Night Ride is a crime drama starring Joseph Schildkraut as Joe Rooker, a reporter who finds himself pulled away from his wedding reception to cover a bank robbery. When he figures out that the robber is gang leader Tony Garotta (Edward G. Robinson), Rooker makes a case proving so and files his story. In retaliation, Garotta kidnaps him and another reporter with plans of permanently disposing of them and falsely tells the newlywed that he has bombed his house and killed his new wife, Ruth (Barbara Kent). If the police can't get there in time to save him, Rooker will die, never knowing that his wife was alive the whole time.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Drama,Thriller
Run Time:
60min.
Distributor(s):
Universal
Director(s):
John S. Robertson
Starring:
Joseph Schildkraut , Barbara Kent , Edward G. Robinson , Harry Stubbs , DeWitt Jennings
Themes:
Race Against Time,Members of the Press,Kidnapping
Tone:
Menacing,Tense
Keywords:
bank,bank-robbery,bomb,bride,capture,claim,evidence,gangster,gathering,home,investigation,journalism,kidnapping,leader,police,reporter,rescue,robbery,torture,trapped,victim,wedding,wife