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Genre
  
Crime, Drama

Produced by
  
Morton Fine

Country
  
United States

5.8/10
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Director
  
David Friedkin

Music director
  
Andre Previn

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Hot Summer Night (1957 film) movie poster
Release date
  
February 15, 1957

Writer
  
Morton S. Fine, David Friedkin, Edwin P. Hicks (story)

Cast
  
Leslie Nielsen
(William Joel Partain),
Colleen Miller
(Irene Partain),
Edward Andrews
(Deputy Lou Follett),
Jay C. Flippen
(Oren Kobble),
James Best
(Kermit),
Paul Richards
(Elly Horn)

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Tagline
  
Hot with the blast of gunfire!

Hot summer night original trailer


Hot Summer Night is a 1957 MGM crime film starring Leslie Nielsen, Colleen Miller, and Edward Andrews.

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Plot

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Out of work but on his honeymoon, Bill Partain, a newspaper reporter, reads about a bank robbery in Sedalia, Missouri pulled off by notorious criminal Tom Ellis and his gang. Having once interviewed Ellis's girlfriend Ruth Childers for a Kansas City paper, Partain figures an exclusive interview with Ellis could assure him of landing a new job.

Lying to his new wife Irene about where they are going, Bill drives them to a small Ozarks town where he believes Ruth is living. Townspeople are reluctant to help Bill locate her, and deputy Lou Follett warns him that almost everyone in the community is afraid of Ellis.

Bill finally finds Ruth, who remembers him favorably. She manages to arrange his being taken to Ellis by a young man named Kermit who is not in the gang, but sometimes works for him. Ellis grants him an interview, boasting of his crimes, to the consternation of gunman Elly Horn, who suddenly shoots both Ellis and Kermit. He also shoots his own gang member, Oren, by mistake.

Irene, left behind, is desperate to find her husband, who is now being held by Elly for a ransom of $50,000. She gets the address from Ruth, hitchhikes to Ellis's hideout and notifies the police, who arrive just in time to rescue Bill.

Cast

  • Leslie Nielsen as William Joel Partain
  • Colleen Miller as Irene Partain
  • Edward Andrews as Deputy Lou Follett
  • Jay C. Flippen as Oren Kobble
  • James Best as Kermit
  • Paul Richards as Elly Horn
  • Robert J. Wilke as Tom Ellis
  • Claude Akins as Truck Driver
  • Marianne Stewart as Ruth Childers
  • Box Office

    According to MGM records the film earned $250,000 in the US and Canada and $250,000 elsewhere resulting in a loss to the studio of $110,000.

    References

    Hot Summer Night (film) Wikipedia