A Night Like This (film)

A Night Like This
Directed by	Tom Walls
Written by	Ben Travers W. P. Lipscomb Tom Walls
Based on	A Night Like This by Ben Travers
Produced by	Herbert Wilcox
Starring	Tom Walls Ralph Lynn Winifred Shotter Robertson Hare
Cinematography	Freddie Young
Edited by	Maclean Rogers
Music by	Roy Fox Lew Stone
Production company	British and Dominions
Distributed by	Woolf and Freedman
Release date	17 March 1932 (1932-03-17)
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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

• Ralph Lynn as Clifford Tope*
• Tom Walls as PC Michael Mahoney*
• Winifred Shotter as Cora Mellish*
• Mary Brough as Mrs Decent*
• Robertson Hare as Miles Tuckett*
• Claude Hulbert as Aubrey Slott
• C. V. France as Micky the Mailer
• Joan Brierley as Molly Dean
• Boris Ranevsky as Koski
• Reginald Purdell as Waiter
• Norma Varden as Mrs Tuckett*
• Kay Hammond as Mimi, cocktail shaker
• Hal Gordon as Taxi driver
• Roy Fox's Band as Night club band
• Al Bowlly as Singer
• Lew Stone as Pianist

Source: British Film Institute

Cast members marked * were the creators of the roles in the original stage production; Michael Mahoney was called Michael Marsden in the stage play.

External links

• A Night Like This at IMDB