Night Editor (The Trespasser) (1946)

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Inspired by the radio program of the same name, Night Editor features Charles D. Brown as the editor of the New York Star. In flashback, the editor tells the tale of police lieutenant William Gargan, who forsakes his happy home life for the love of no-good society dame Janis Carter. Both Gargan and… More Inspired by the radio program of the same name, Night Editor features Charles D. Brown as the editor of the New York Star. In flashback, the editor tells the tale of police lieutenant William Gargan, who forsakes his happy home life for the love of no-good society dame Janis Carter. Both Gargan and Carter begin cheating on their respective spouses, and while on a romantic rendezvous the couple witnesses a murder. They can't report the crime without revealing their own infidelities, a dilemma which leads to blackmail, double-crossing and a second murder attempt. A twist ending caps this snappy little 65-minute morality play. The script of Night Editor was based on the story "Inside Story" by Scott Littleton, previously dramatized on the Night Editor radio series. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 5 min.
Directed By: Henry Levin
Genres: Drama, Classics

In Theaters: Mar 29, 1946 Wide

Critic Reviews

Sean Axmaker, Seanax.com
It may be short on style but the low budget gives the night scenes a dark austerity and the web of lies and corruption gives it a real noir dimension of cheap, tawdry lives
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Inspired by the radio program of the same name.

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Cast

            William Gargan as Tony Cochrane

            Janis Carter as Jill Merrill

            Jeff Donnell as Martha Cochrane

            Coulter Irwin as Johnny

            Charles D. Brown as Crane Stewart

            Paul E. Burns as Ole Strom

            Harry Shannon as Capt. Lawrence

            Frank Wilcox as Douglas Loring

            Robert Stevens as Doc Cochrane

            Roy Gordon as Benjamin Merrill

            Michael Chapin as Doc as a boy

            Robert Emmett Keane as Max

            Anthony Caruso as Tusco

            Edward Keane as Chief of Police Burnes

            Jack Davis as District Attorney Halloran

            Lou Lubin as Necktie

            Charles Marsh as Swanson

            Eddy Chandler as Dickstein

            Frank Dae as Butler

            Vernon Dent as Fat Man

            Betty Hill as Elaine

            Donald Kerr as Reporter

            Murray Leonard as Proprietor

            Jimmy Lloyd as Clerk

            Frank McLure
            
            Harry Tyler as Bartender

            John Tyrrell as Street Sweeper Driver

            Emmett Vogan as Coroner

            Charles Wagenheim as Phillips

            Douglas Wood as Bank Manager

            Johnny Calkins as Boy

            Wally Rose as Photographer

            Cy Malis as Man

            Joe Palma as Newsboy

            Jack Frack as Reporter

            William Kahn
            
            Herman Marks
            
            Ronnie Ralph as Small Boy
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