On Such a Night

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On Such a Night

""YOU CAN FIX A JURY...BUT YOU CAN'T STOP A FLOOD! I'd have hung if the dam hadn't burst...and YOU framed me!""

1937

1h 11m

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Drama

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When her husband is accused of murder, an actress tries to prove his innocence.

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19 members

Acting

Grant Richards

Nicky Last

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Karen Morley

Gail Stanley

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Roscoe Karns

Joe Flynn

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Eduardo Ciannelli

Ice Richmond

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Milly

Mlle. Mimi [Candle]

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Alan Mowbray

Prof. Richard Candle

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Robert McWade

Col. Fentridge

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Esther Dale

Miss Belinda Fentridge

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John Wray

Guard Rumann

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Frank Reicher

Horace Darwin

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Paul Fix

Maxie Barnes

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John Alexander

District attorney

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Lew Payton

George Washington Fentridge

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Etta McDaniel

Samantha

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Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Henry Clay Washington

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Bernice Pilot

Emmy Lou

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James A. Marcus

Judge (uncredited)

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Ruth Robinson

Matron nurse (uncredited)

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Philo McCullough

Defense attorney (uncredited)

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