Joe Powell a publicity director for a film studio visits his girlfriend Susan Cooper. When they hear a woman scream, they find out that Ellen Smith who lives across the hall has been strangled to death in her apartment. Later, an actress named Mona Harrison who recently disappeared makes newspaper headlines. Police chief Williams interviews all the people who were at her home for a dinner party the night before, where after Mona's servants quit she offered to take everyone out for dinner, but never showed up at the restaurant. Susan decides to search Mona's bedroom and finds a safe. She hides in the closet when a man enters the room. She is nearly strangled to death until detective Hoffman enters the room and the assailant escapes.
Joe and Susan later learn that Mona has been found dead, and the coroner determines that although Ellen was murdered by a man, Mona was killed by a woman. Joe is later nearly killed by an unseen assailant as he checks his office files for Mona's twin sister Marie. Susan decides to leave for Reno, Nevada. Concerned about Susan's safety, Joe, Hamilton Hart, and Carol Lynn head for Reno. Meanwhile, Susan is nearly driven off the road by Arthur Evans. When Susan goes to the hotel she meets Joe, Carol, Hart, and also Mona's sister Marie. Susan reveals that Arthur was married to Marie and they were blackmailing Mona. When Mona refused to pay more money, Marie killed her and Arthur killed Ellen who was a witness to Mona's murder. Marie becomes violent and in her fury, she accidentally falls to her death from the hotel window.
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night, crime, 1943, american, mystery, film, starring, glenda, farrell, lyle, talbot, film, directed, alexis, thurn, taxis, released, producers, releasing, corporation, february, 1943, murders, hollywood, film, studio, baffle, reporter, movie, posterdirected, . A Night for Crime is a 1943 American Mystery film starring Glenda Farrell and Lyle Talbot The film is directed by Alexis Thurn Taxis and was released by Producers Releasing Corporation on February 18 1943 1 2 3 Murders in a Hollywood film studio baffle a reporter and a PR man A Night for CrimeMovie posterDirected byAlexis Thurn TaxisWritten bySherman L LoweArthur St ClaireBased onA Beautiful Night for Loveby Jimmy StarrProduced byLester CutlerStarringGlenda FarrellLyle TalbotCinematographyMarcel Le PicardEdited byFrederick BainMusic byLeo ErdodyProductioncompanyProducers Releasing CorporationRelease dateFebruary 18 1943Running time68 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Home media 4 References 5 External linksPlot editJoe Powell a publicity director for a film studio visits his girlfriend Susan Cooper When they hear a woman scream they find out that Ellen Smith who lives across the hall has been strangled to death in her apartment Later an actress named Mona Harrison who recently disappeared makes newspaper headlines Police chief Williams interviews all the people who were at her home for a dinner party the night before where after Mona s servants quit she offered to take everyone out for dinner but never showed up at the restaurant Susan decides to search Mona s bedroom and finds a safe She hides in the closet when a man enters the room She is nearly strangled to death until detective Hoffman enters the room and the assailant escapes Joe and Susan later learn that Mona has been found dead and the coroner determines that although Ellen was murdered by a man Mona was killed by a woman Joe is later nearly killed by an unseen assailant as he checks his office files for Mona s twin sister Marie Susan decides to leave for Reno Nevada Concerned about Susan s safety Joe Hamilton Hart and Carol Lynn head for Reno Meanwhile Susan is nearly driven off the road by Arthur Evans When Susan goes to the hotel she meets Joe Carol Hart and also Mona s sister Marie Susan reveals that Arthur was married to Marie and they were blackmailing Mona When Mona refused to pay more money Marie killed her and Arthur killed Ellen who was a witness to Mona s murder Marie becomes violent and in her fury she accidentally falls to her death from the hotel window Cast editGlenda Farrell as Susan Cooper Lyle Talbot as Joe Powell Ralph Sanford as Det Hoffman Lina Basquette as Mona Harrison Lynn Starr as Carol Lynn Donald Kirke as Hamilton Hart Forrest Taylor as Chief of Police Williams Rick Vallin as Arthur EvansHome media editA Night for Crime was released on DVD in September 13 2016 References edit A Night for Crime 1942 British Film Institute Archived from the original on October 2 2016 Retrieved September 17 2016 A Night for Crime Moviefone Retrieved September 17 2016 A Night for Crime 1942 All Movie Retrieved September 17 2016 External links editA Night for Crime at IMDb nbsp A Night for Crime is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title A Night for Crime amp oldid 1192610666, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
