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Director
  
Jack Arnold

Screenplay
  
Ray Buffum

Country
  
United States

7.4/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Crime, Drama

Duration
  

Language
  
English

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Release date
  
January 15, 1953 (1953-01-15)

Writer
  
Ray Buffum (screenplay), Ray Buffum (story)

Music director
  
Henry Mancini, Herman Stein

Cast
  
Harvey Lembeck
(Chuck Haynes),
Joyce Holden
(Georgia Cordray),
Glenda Farrell
(Alice Haynes),
Leonard Freeman
(Joe Spurgeon / Glen Roberts),
Patricia Hardy
(Hannah Haynes),
Jaclynne Greene
(Vera Schroeder)

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Tagline
  
The Tense, Terrifying Truth About The BIG CITY'S Delinquent Daughters!

Girls in the Night is a 1953 crime film directed by Jack Arnold starring Harvey Lembeck, Joyce Holden and Glenda Farrell. The film was released by Universal Pictures in January 15, 1953. A family's efforts to move into a better neighborhood is hampered when their son is accused of killing a local blind man.

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Plot

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Hannah Haynes, a pretty girl who competes in a beauty contest, dreams of moving away from her New York slum neighborhood. So does older brother Chuck, who has a chance to land a new job on Long Island, but is hit by a car and needs to recover first.

Hannah frustrates her boyfriend by going on a date with a hoodlum named Irv Kellener, which causes a fight between the men and makes the evil schemer Vera Schroeder jealous. Chuck and his girlfriend Georgia, who does seductive dances to get men to throw coins her way, become so desperate, they decide to steal from a beggar who is pretending to be blind.

Anticipating their plot, Irv gets there first but is caught red-handed by the beggar and shoots him. Vera hides the gun and provides an alibi. Chuck and Georgia later go through with their plan and steal more than $600, unaware that their victim is dead. Vera blackmails them for $2,000 or will snitch to the police.

The principals end up confronting one another in a warehouse, where Irv kisses Hannah and infuriates Vera. The police arrive, Irv runs and is accidentally electrocuted. Chuck and Georgia are permitted to go free after returning the stolen money.

Cast

  • Harvey Lembeck as Chick Haynes
  • Joyce Holden as Georgia Codray
  • Glenda Farrell as Alice Haynes
  • Leonard Freeman as Joe Spurgeon
  • Patricia Hardy as Hannah Haynes
  • Jaclynne Greene as Vera Schroeder
  • Don Gordon as Irv Kellener
  • Anthony Ross as Charlie Haynes
  • Emile Meyer as Police Officer Kovacs (as Emile G. Meyer)
  • Susan Odin as Hilda Haynes
  • Tommy Farrell as Frankie (as Tommie Farrell)
  • Paul E. Burns as 'Blind' Fred Minosa
  • John Eldredge as Judge
  • Alan Dexter as Police Lt. Meyers
  • Charles Cane as McGinty

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