Night Court
Its Frankness Will Thrill You---Its Truth Hold You Breathless---
1932 | 92m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | W.S. Van Dyke |
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| Writer: | Bayard Veiller, Lenore J. Coffee |
| Staring: |
| A corrupt night court judge tears an innocent young family apart in his efforts to elude a special prosecutor. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 04, 1932 |
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| Director: | W.S. Van Dyke |
| Writer: | Bayard Veiller, Lenore J. Coffee |
| Genres: | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Keywords | taxi driver, courtroom, pre-code, framed for a crime, confession of crime, mother child separation, night court, bank account, crooked judge, corrupt judge, secret investigation, corrupt legal system, loyal mistress |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Phillips Holmes | Mike Thomas |
| Walter Huston | Judge Andrew J. Moffett |
| Anita Page | Mary Thomas |
| Lewis Stone | Judge William Osgood |
| Mary Carlisle | Elizabeth Osgood |
| John Miljan | Crawford |
| Jean Hersholt | Herman the Janitor |
| Tully Marshall | Grogan |
| Noel Francis | Lil Baker |
| Reginald Barlow | District Attorney Grant (uncredited) |
| George Cooper | Safecracking Thug (uncredited) |
| DeWitt Jennings | Court Policeman (uncredited) |
| Eily Malyon | Hungry Woman in Court (uncredited) |
| Rafaela Ottiano | Evil Tongued Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Warner Richmond | Frame-Up Man Ed (uncredited) |
| Frank Sheridan | Thomas H. 'Sam' Haskins (uncredited) |
| Harry Wilson | Acquitted Truck Driver (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| W.S. Van Dyke | Director |
| Bayard Veiller | Writer |
| Lenore J. Coffee | Writer |
| Mark Hellinger | Theatre Play |
| Charles Beahan | Theatre Play |
| Norbert Brodine | Director of Photography |
| Ben Lewis | Editor |
| Ralph Shugart | Sound |
| Jay Marchant | Assistant Director |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Douglas Shearer | Sound Recordist |
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