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A Night Like This (film)
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Wikipedia article
'A Night Like This' is a 1932 comedy film directed by Tom Walls and starring Walls, Ralph Lynn and Winifred Shotter. Ben Travers wrote the screenplay, adapting his own play, the original 1930 Aldwych farce of the same title.
The film was made at British and Dominion's Elstree Studios with sets designed by the art director Lawrence P. Williams.
Plot
Police Constable Mahoney, with the help of the affable Clifford Tope, outwits a criminal gang that operates from a gambling club. Mahoney and Tope restore a stolen necklace to its owner.
Cast
*Clifford Tope Ralph Lynn*
*PC Michael Mahoney Tom Walls*
*Cora Mellish Winifred Shotter*
*Mrs Decent Mary Brough*
*Miles Tuckett Robertson Hare*
*Aubrey Slott Claude Hulbert
*Micky the Mailer C. V. France
*Molly Dean Joan Brierley
*Koski Boris Ranevsky
*Waiter Reginald Purdell
*Mrs Tuckett Norma Varden*
*Mimi, cocktail shaker Kay Hammond
*Taxi driver Hal Gordon
*Night club band Roy Fox's Band
*Singer Al Bowlly
*Pianist Lew Stone
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Cast members marked * were the creators of the roles in the original stage production; Michael Mahoney was called Michael Marsden in the stage play."Aldwych Theatre", 'The Times', 19 February 1930, p. 12
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