A Night in New Orleans (1942)
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Synopsis of A Night in New Orleans
A solid Jonathan Latimer screenplay is one of the "plusses" of the medium-budget mystery A Night in New Orleans. Preston S. Foster plays police lieutenant Steve Abbott, at present engrossed in a baffling murder case. As he pieces the clues together, Abbott comes to the sobering conclusion that his own wife Ethel (Patricia Morrison) may be intimately involved in the murder. It gets worse: soon Abbott himself is accused of the crime. The film is full of clever little touches, notably a scene in which the heroine is seen reading a book written by none other than Jonathan Latimer! Featured in the cast of A Night in New Orleans is Ginger Rogers' former stand-in Jean Phillips, whom Paramount briefly groomed for stardom in the early 1940s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of A Night in New Orleans
- Preston S. Foster - Steve Abbott
- Albert Dekker - Lt. Richards
- Dooley Wilson - Shadrach Jones, Butler
- Jean Phillips - Janet Price
- William Wright - George Wallace
- Yola D'Avril - Mme. Lamballe
- Henry Brandon - Croupier
- Charles Williams
- Patricia Morison - Ethel Abbott
- Charles Butterworth - Edward Wallace
- Paul Hurst - Sgt. Riordan
- Cecil Kellaway - Dan Odell
- Noble Johnson - Carney
- George Chandler - Taxi Driver
- Arthur Loft - Sgt. Bliss
- Director(s):
- William B. Clemens
- Writer(s):
- Jonathan Latimer
- Producer(s):
- Sol C. Siegel
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