Remember the Night (1940)
- Starring:
- Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, (more)
- Director(s):
- Mitchell Leisen
Synopsis of Remember the Night
A romantic comedy drama directed by former art director Mitchell Leisen and based on a skillful Preston Sturges screenplay. Barbara Stanwyck stars as Lee Leander, a New York City shoplifter who is arrested just before Christmas after trying to filch an expensive piece of jewelry. Her trial delayed until after the holiday, Lee comes to the attention of an assistant district attorney, John Sargent (Fred MacMurray). Although he will be expected to prosecute Lee in a few days, John takes pity on the prisoner, who is from his home state of Indiana. He arranges for her to be released for the holidays and escorts her home, but her mother (Georgia Caine) is not interested in a reunion. So John takes Lee to his own festivities, where Lee is bowled over by the love and affection of the Sargent family, particularly John's mother (Beulah Bondi), who is so unlike her own. Lee and John fall in love, but their return to the Big Apple and Lee's trial loom large over their romance. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
Complete Cast of Remember the Night
- Barbara Stanwyck - Lee Leander
- Beulah Bondi - Mrs. Sargent
- Willard Robertson - Francis X. O'Leary
- Paul Guilfoyle - District Attorney
- John Wray - Hank
- Tom Kennedy - Fat Mike
- Virginia Brissac - Mrs. Emory
- Jean Acker - Jury Member
- Fuzzy Knight - Band Leader
- George Melford - Brian
- Fred "Snowflake" Toones - Rufus
- Bernard Suss - Jury Member
- Pat O'Malley - Jury Member
- John Beck - Lee's Stepfather
- Beth Hartman - Jury Member
- Milt Kibbee - Jury Member
- Julia Faye - Jury Member
- Ambrose Barker - Jury Member
- Brooks Benedict - Customs Official
- Fred MacMurray - John Sargent
- Elizabeth Patterson - Aunt Emma
- Sterling Holloway - Willie
- Charles Arnt - Tom
- Thomas W. Ross - Mr. Emory
- Georgia Caine - Lee's Mother
- Spencer Charters - Judge at Rummage Sale
- Edmund Elton - Minister
- George Guhl - Prison Guard
- Ruth Warren
- Julius Tannen - Jury Member
- Walter Soderling - Jury Member
- Kate Lawson - Jail Matron
- Martha Mears
- Galan Galt
- James Flavin - Tough Attendant
- Harry Depp - Jury Member
- Chester Clute - Jewelry Salesman
- Director(s):
- Mitchell Leisen
- Writer(s):
- Preston Sturges
- Producer(s):
- Mitchell Leisen
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