Hot Summer Night

Feb 15, 1957

1h 26m

★ 5.6

Hot with the blast of gunfire!

Overview

An out-of-work reporter (Leslie Nielsen) seeks out a bank robber, and his bride (Colleen Miller) has to rescue him.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

William Joel Partain

Leslie Nielsen

Irene Partain

Colleen Miller

Deputy Lou Follett

Edward Andrews

Oren Kobble

Jay C. Flippen

Kermit

James Best

Elly Horn

Paul Richards

Tom Ellis (as Robert Wilke)

Robert J. Wilke

Truck Driver

Claude Akins

Ruth Childers

Marianne Stewart

Hazel

Leslie Parrish

Helpful Woman at Hotel

Helen Kleeb

Girl

Barbara Lang

Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation. Frank's wife, Eleanor, suspects he is actually running away from their unsuccessful marriage. Aided by a newspaperman, Danny Leggett, Eleanor sets out to locate her husband. The killer is also looking for him, and keeps close tabs on Eleanor.

7.0

Underworld U.S.A.

Feb 22, 1961

A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.

5.9

Mysterious Intruder

Apr 11, 1946

A private detective is hired to find a young heiress but finds himself accused of murder.

5.9

Cause for Alarm!

Mar 30, 1951

A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.

6.1

The Accused

Jan 12, 1949

A prim psychology professor fights to hide a murder she committed in self-defense.

5.2

Puzzle

Sep 14, 2006

Five strangers, each with his own special talents, are recruited by the mysterious 'X'. They do not know why they are brought together, but nonetheless agree to a series of potentially lucrative schemes. A planned bank robbery goes awry when a minor mistake leads to a hostage situation. The robbery is orchestrated by Hwan. When Hwan turns up dead at the designated meeting spot, the remaining men realize something is seriously wrong, and suspicion flares.

6.1

If I Should Die Before I Wake

Mar 11, 1952

While playing a prank, a young boy accidentally discovers the identity of a criminal lurking in the neighborhood.

0.0

Una cita con la vida

Apr 21, 1958

The love story between two teenagers, children of incomprehensible parents.

6.7

Green for Danger

Dec 7, 1946

In the midst of Nazi air raids, a postman dies on the operating table at a rural hospital. But was the death accidental?

5.4

Double Jeopardy

Jun 23, 1955

Marc Hill is the attorney for Emmet Devrey, a real estate developer with a past, who is being blackmailed by his former partner Sam Baggett. When Sam's unfaithful wife Marge cooks up a scheme with her used car salesman lover Jeff Calder to bilk both Devrey and her alcoholic husband, Sam is killed and Devrey is accused of the crime. Mark is called to prove his employers innocence.

7.7

Monsieur Verdoux

Sep 26, 1947

The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.

6.0

Strange Impersonation

Mar 16, 1946

A female research scientist conducting experiments on a new anesthetic has a very bad week. Her scheming assistant intentionally scars her face, her almost-fiancee appears to have deserted her and she finds herself being blackmailed by a women she accidentally knocked down with her car.

6.8

Road House

Sep 22, 1948

A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him.

7.4

Tread Softly Stranger

Aug 15, 1958

Unable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and girlfriend plot a robbery that ends in tragedy.

7.5

Stray Dog

Oct 17, 1949

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.

5.2

A Lady Without Passport

Aug 3, 1950

An undercover U.S. Immigration agent falls in love with an immigrant attempting to enter the United States through Havana, Cuba in an illegal smuggling ring.

5.5

The Pretender

Aug 11, 1947

Story of an investment agent who embezzles a large sum from an estate, hoping to cover his crime by marrying the estate's heiress. The girl is already engaged, so he arranges to have the fiance killed. A mix up involving the society section of the newspaper places him in the sights of his own hired gun.

6.9

Alias Nick Beal

Mar 4, 1949

After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his steadfast minister.

4.8

Apology for Murder

Sep 27, 1945

Head over heels in love with a stern and cold older businessman's young wife, a reporter is seduced into conspiring to murder him so she can inherit his estate, while pinning the murder on another businessman.

Hot Summer Night

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