Remember the Night (1940)
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Duration: 94 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Mitchell Leisen
Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray and Beulah Bondi
IMDb score:
7,5 (8.284)
Releasedate: 19 January 1940
Remember the Night plot
"Barbara and Fred in 1940's first great love affair…!"
Just before Christmas, Lee Leander is caught shoplifting for the third time. She is being sued by John Sargent, who wants to postpone the trial because of Christmas. However, not wanting Lee to spend the Christmas holidays in jail, he arranges for her to be released on bail. But she has nowhere to go, so John takes her to his mother's house for Christmas. There, Lee finds herself in a loving family, an environment she has never known.
Actors and actresses
Lee Leander
Jack Sargent
Mrs. Sargent
Aunt Emma
Francis X. O'Leary
Willie Simms
Judge in New York
District Attorney
Tom (as Charlie Arnt)
Hank
Reviews & comments
scorsese
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- 13237 messages
- 11127 votes
Outstanding movie in which a prosecutor bails the woman he's trying to convict. An excellent given for a romcom that is also well developed here (as well as the characters). There is enough progress in the story and enough happens. Sometimes a bit sugary, but partly because of the cast they get away with this. A narrow 4.0 stars. I wonder why there isn't a remake of this yet.
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mrklm
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- 11629 messages
- 10041 votes
A Preston Sturges script packed with imaginative dialogue and two stars at the top of their game in an unpretentious comedy. Fred MacMurray plays District Attorney John Sargent who must try to convict shoplifter Lee Leander [Barbara Stanwyck] on the eve of Christmas. When Lees attorney O'Leary [an unforgettable Willard Robertson] claims in a very impassioned plea that Lee has been hypnotized, John seizes an opportunity to suspend the case so that he can bring in his own "expert." This way everyone can go home early, but for Lee it means she will be stuck during Christmas. That doesn't sit well with John, so when he finds out that Lee's mother lives close to his family, he offers to bail her out and drop her off. Naturally, something blossoms between the two during the car ride and MacMurray and Stanwyck manage to find the perfect balance between comedy and sentiment. There is a hilarious supporting role for a cow and Stanwyck shows in the piano scene why she is considered one of the greatest film stars of her generation. The chemistry between the two protagonists and the excellent supporting cast do the rest.
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clubsport
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- 3890 messages
- 6993 votes
As a romcom and a Christmas film, it is a great success, although the Christmas part is somewhat limited, furthermore a wonderful experience thanks to the excellent playing by Stanwyck and Macmurray, but sentimental it is of course a good thing.
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