Wednesday, July 3, 2024

A Night for Crime (1943)

A very familiar kind of film containing a lot of themes and tropes you'll have already seen in dozens of other movies, and usually a lot better.

It is war time and there are a number of black outs, the perfect time for crimes to be committed! Perky reporter Susan Cooper (Glenda Farrell) investigates the murder of a young actress. A bigger star has also gone missing. Susan investigates these crimes with the help of movie publicity man Joe (Lyle Talbot), though the police think Susan and Joe did it (of course!)

A familiar film, a number of crimes and fast moving storyline and sassy dialogue. Unfortunately the film isn't that good, it goes a little too far with the familiar tropes. The "dumb" police detective (Ralph Sanford) in this film is reduced to a ridiculous caricature and one joke character that isn't funny the first time, even less so the twentieth. It has a little charm but is a bit too silly to enjoy that much.