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This Could Be the Night

"How did that school teacher ever get mixed up with the mobsters?"

61
Audience
NR 1957 · 1h 43m
Drama, Comedy
Starring Jean Simmons · Paul Douglas · Anthony Franciosa
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About

To earn extra money, a prim schoolteacher takes a second job as secretary to the uncouth owner of a boisterous nightclub.

Theatrical
May 14, 1957
Box Office
$1.5M
Budget
$1.6M
Return
1.0x
Director
Robert Wise
Writers
Isobel Lennart, Cornelia Baird Gross
Producer
Joe Pasternak
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Keywords
new york city cabaret nightclub virgin job interview night shift stripper woman between two men singer secretary school teacher job seeking nightclub owner new job punch in face musical acts character comedy goody two shoes dancing girls second job nightclub music business partners
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Cast

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J
Jean Simmons
Anne Leeds
P
Paul Douglas
Rocco
A
Anthony Franciosa
Tony Armotti
J
Julie Wilson
Ivy Corlane
N
Neile Adams
Patsy St. Clair
J
Joan Blondell
Crystal St. Clair
J
J. Carrol Naish
Leon
R
Rafael Campos
Hussein Mohammed
Z
Zasu Pitts
Mrs. Shea
T
Tom Helmore
Stowe Devlin
M
Murvyn Vye
Waxie London
V
Vaughn Taylor
Ziggy Dawit
F
Frank Ferguson
Mr. Shea
W
William Joyce
Bruce Cameron
J
James Todd
Mr. Hallerby
R
Ray Anthony
Self
C
Chuck Berry
Guitarist at Waxie's Club (uncredited)
B
Bess Flowers
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
P
Percy Helton
Charlie (uncredited)
H
Harry Hines
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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