Tonight at 8:30 (1952)
- Director(s):
- Anthony Pelissier
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Synopsis of Tonight at 8:30
Meet Me Tonight was the American title for the British-filmed Tonight at 8:30, adapted from the Noel Coward stage production of the same name. Several rotating playlets were presented in the original Tonight at 8:30, most of them starring Coward and Gertrude Lawrence. The film version utilizes three of these short plays. "The Red Peppers" stars Kay Walsh and George Pepper as a brash music-hall team (their big number is "Has Anybody Seen our Ship") on the verge of splitting up. "Fumed Oak" stars Stanley Holloway as a man finagled into marriage by a domineering woman (Betty Ann Davies). And "Ways and Means" stars Valerie Hobson and Nigel Patrick as a pair of impoverished "professional guests" who have worn out the welcome of every wealthy host in Europe. Meet Me Tonight was given its American TV premiere on the ABC network in November of 1956, at which time its original title was restored. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Tonight at 8:30
- Kay Walsh - Lily Pepper [Red Peppers]
- Martita Hunt - Mabel Grace [Red Peppers]
- Bill Fraser - Bert Bentley [Red Peppers]
- Betty Ann Davies - Doris Gow [Fumed Oak]
- Dorothy Gordon - Elsie [Fumed Oak]
- Nigel Patrick - Toby Cartwright
- Jesse Royce Landis - Olive
- Mary Jerrold - Nanny
- Ted Ray - George Pepper [Red Peppers]
- Frank Pettingell - Mr. Edwards [Red Peppers]
- Stanley Holloway - Henry Gow [Fumed Oak]
- Mary Merrall - Grandma Rockett [Fumed Oak]
- Valerie Hobson - Stella Cartwright
- Jack Warner - Murdoch
- Michael Trubshawe - Chap
- Yvonne Furneaux - Elena
- Director(s):
- Anthony Pelissier
- Writer(s):
- Noël Coward
- Producer(s):
- Anthony Havelock-Allan
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