Night Beat (1948)
The oft-used title Night Beat was applied to the 1948 British melodrama. After serving as commandoes in WW2, Felix (Maxwell Reed) and Andy (Ronald Howard) follow widely divergent paths in peacetime. Andy joins the London police, while Felix falls in with the Black Market. As a result, their friendship and fidelity is sorely tested. The women in the case include Andy's fretting wife Julie (Anne Crawford) and sultry nightclub chanteuse Jackie (Christine Norden). Though its starts out strong, Night Beat metamorphoses into standard melodramatics towards the end. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Anne Crawford, Maxwell Reed, (more)
- Director(s):
- Harold Huth
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Synopsis of Night Beat
The oft-used title Night Beat was applied to the 1948 British melodrama. After serving as commandoes in WW2, Felix (Maxwell Reed) and Andy (Ronald Howard) follow widely divergent paths in peacetime. Andy joins the London police, while Felix falls in with the Black Market. As a result, their friendship and fidelity is sorely tested. The women in the case include Andy's fretting wife Julie (Anne Crawford) and sultry nightclub chanteuse Jackie (Christine Norden). Though its starts out strong, Night Beat metamorphoses into standard melodramatics towards the end. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Night Beat
- Anne Crawford - Julie Kendall
- Ronald Howard - Andy Kendall
- Christine Norden - Jackie
- Sidney James - Nixon
- Frederick Leister - Magistrate
- Michael Hordern
- Victor Weske
- Maxwell Reed - Felix Fenton
- Hector Ross - Don Brady
- Fred Groves - Police Constable Kendall
- Nick Stuart - Rocky
- Philip Stainton - Sergeant Slack
- Michael Medwin - Rocky
- Director(s):
- Harold Huth
- Writer(s):
- T.J. Morrison, Roland Pertwee, Robert Westerby
- Producer(s):
- Harold Huth
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