Night Court

Jun 4, 1932

1h 32m

★ 6.4

Its Frankness Will Thrill You---Its Truth Hold You Breathless---

Overview

A corrupt night court judge tears an innocent young family apart in his efforts to elude a special prosecutor.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Night Court Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Mike Thomas

Phillips Holmes

Judge Andrew J. Moffett

Walter Huston

Mary Thomas

Anita Page

Judge William Osgood

Lewis Stone

Elizabeth Osgood

Mary Carlisle

Crawford

John Miljan

Herman the Janitor

Jean Hersholt

Grogan

Tully Marshall

Lil Baker

Noel Francis

District Attorney Grant (uncredited)

Reginald Barlow

Safecracking Thug (uncredited)

George Cooper

Court Policeman (uncredited)

DeWitt Jennings

Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug, it is already too late.

7.5

Frankenstein

Nov 21, 1931

Tampering with life and death, Henry Frankenstein pieces together salvaged body parts to bring a human monster to life; the mad scientist's dreams are shattered by his creation's violent rage as the monster awakens to a world in which he is unwelcome.

6.9

42nd Street

Mar 11, 1933

A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.

7.0

Two Alone

Jan 26, 1934

Mazie, a poor orphan girl, is mistreated by cruel farmer Slag and his wife for whom she works. Mazie, who is growing into a woman, does not like they way Slag has been looking at her lately.

3.4

Vivere

Apr 26, 2007

On Christmas Eve, Francesca sets out for Rotterdam in order to find her little sister, who has run off with her musician boyfriend. On the way, she picks up Gerlinde, a heartbroken older woman at the end of her rope.

6.3

Roe vs. Wade

May 15, 1989

Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead her case in the US supreme court. Eventually the law is changed, but for the character it takes longer than nine months.

4.3

Ladies' Man

Apr 16, 1931

A society gigolo goes after a rich mother and her daughter, but tries to find true happiness with his girlfriend, who is neither rich nor in "society."

6.0

Tess of the Storm Country

Nov 20, 1932

When Captain Howland decides that his daughter Tess is getting a bit to old to continue to go to sea with him, they move into a small cottage on the coast of Maine, but not for long. A local millionaire, Frederick Garfield, lays a false claim to the property and has them evicted. Later, when Tess saves a young man about her age from drowning, she is a bit dismayed to learn that he is Garfield's son. But when her father is jailed on a false-accusation charge of murder, the younger Garfield comes to their aid and proves he himself.

4.0

Traveling Husbands

Aug 15, 1931

A salesman gets in trouble with a party girl and a debutante in Detroit.

6.0

Doctor X

Aug 3, 1932

A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.

5.9

Violent Blood Bath

Aug 12, 1974

A notoriously harsh French judge, vacationing at a luxury resort, finds his holiday interrupted when a mysterious killer begins murdering those in and around the hotel.

5.3

The Devil Is Driving

Dec 9, 1932

Gabby Denton, a hard-drinking, down-on-his-luck drifter, seems to get a chance at redemption when his brother-in-law helps get him a job as a mechanic. Not realizing the garage he works for is actually a front for a stolen car ring, Gabby soon finds himself mixed up in both murder and a liaison with the boss's girl.

6.5

Private Number

Jun 5, 1936

Ellen Neal, a young and inexperienced maid, becomes romantically involved with her employers son which causes various complications. The head butler also has an infatuation for the young girl but his intentions are not that good.