Night Editor

Mar 29, 1946

1h 8m

★ 5.4

In the middle of a kiss...Murder!

Overview

A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Tony Cochrane

William Gargan

Jill Merrill

Janis Carter

Martha Cochrane

Jeff Donnell

Johnny

Coulter Irwin

Crane Stewart

Charles D. Brown

Ole Strom

Paul E. Burns

Capt. Lawrence

Harry Shannon

Douglas Loring

Frank Wilcox

'Doc' Cochrane (as Robert Stevens)

Robert Kellard

Benjamin Merrill (Uncredited)

Roy Gordon

Tusco (Uncredited)

Anthony Caruso

Bartender (Uncredited)

Harry Tyler

Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.

6.1

Crime of Passion

Dec 28, 1956

Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a dangerous path.

7.1

Angel Face

Jan 2, 1953

Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.

7.6

Laura

Oct 11, 1944

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.

7.5

Zodiac

Mar 2, 2007

Over the course of a decade, editors of the San Francisco Chronicle entice themselves in the murders of the Zodiac Killer. However, as time runs its course, interest in the case dwindles in the eyes of the professionals. The Killer stops interacting with the public. However, believing he has the answers, an amateur cartoonist from the initial sightings races against time to prevent what he believes is another murder.

5.5

The Narrowing Circle

Feb 29, 1956

A journalist is framed for the murder of a rival and has to prove his innocence, whatever the cost.

6.7

Goodnight, My Love

Oct 17, 1972

Gruff gumshoe Francis Hogan is hired by a mysterious woman to find her boyfriend who has gone missing. With his perpetually hungry partner in tow, Hogan must untangle a web of intrigue involving the criminal underworld and a dead courier. One double-cross follows another as Hogan investigates the whole sordid affair.

6.8

Cop Land

Aug 15, 1997

Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And when Freddy uncovers a massive, deadly conspiracy among these local residents, he is forced to take action and make a dangerous choice between protecting his idols and upholding the law.

5.8

Child of Sorrow

Mar 20, 1956

A war hero forced to participate in a smuggling ring meets a prostitute in the postwar ruins of Manila.

7.7

The Big Heat

Oct 14, 1953

After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.