Night World

May 4, 1932

0h 58m

★ 6.7

Overview

"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's star dancer falls in love with a young socialite who drinks to forget a personal tragedy, among other incidents.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Michael Rand

Lew Ayres

Ruth Taylor

Mae Clarke

'Happy' MacDonald

Boris Karloff

Jill MacDonald

Dorothy Revier

Klauss

Russell Hopton

Mrs. Rand

Hedda Hopper

Tim Washington, the Doorman

Clarence Muse

Edith Blair

Dorothy Peterson

Tommy

Bert Roach

Ed Powell

George Raft

Joe

Gene Morgan

Jim

Huntley Gordon

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5.6

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4.5

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5.3

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6.1

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6.8

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6.8

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4.8

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5.4

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4.0

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6.2

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6.2

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5.9

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