One Exciting Night (1944 film)
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Director Walter Forde Country United Kingdom | 6.2/10 IMDb Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 4 December 1944 (1944-12-04) Writer Emery Bonnet (additional dialogue), Peter Fraser (screenplay), Margaret Kennedy (additional dialogue), Howard Irving Young (screenplay) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(For the silent film of the same title see One Exciting Night)
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One Exciting Night is a 1944 British musical comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Vera Lynn, Donald Stewart and Mary Clare. The film was also known as You Can't Do Without Love. The screenplay concerns a female singer who becomes involved with a man who is the victim of a kidnap plot.
One exciting night
Plot
Vera Baker is an aspiring singer desperate for an opportunity to impress producer Michael Thorne. Her chance arrives at a benefit concert that is also the scene of an attempted kidnapping of Thorne by gangsters chasing a priceless Rembrandt. Vera somehow eventually thwarts the villains, and along the way manages to wow the audience with her singing.
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Critical reception
TV Guide called the film a "decent musical farce."
References
One Exciting Night (1944 film) WikipediaOne Exciting Night (1944 film) IMDb One Exciting Night (1944 film) themoviedb.org