Night Editor (The Trespasser) (1946)
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36% of users liked it
(53 ratings)
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
- Directed By
- Henry Levin
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 29, 1946 Wide
Critic Reviews
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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
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Inspired by the radio program of the same name.
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Cast
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William Gargan
as Tony Cochrane
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Janis Carter
as Jill Merrill
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Jeff Donnell
as Martha Cochrane
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Coulter Irwin
as Johnny
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Charles D. Brown
as Crane Stewart
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Paul E. Burns
as Ole Strom
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Harry Shannon
as Capt. Lawrence
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Frank Wilcox
as Douglas Loring
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Robert Stevens
as Doc Cochrane
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Roy Gordon
as Benjamin Merrill
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Michael Chapin
as Doc as a boy
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Robert Emmett Keane
as Max
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Anthony Caruso
as Tusco
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Edward Keane
as Chief of Police Burnes
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Jack Davis
as District Attorney Halloran
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Lou Lubin
as Necktie
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Charles Marsh
as Swanson
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Eddy Chandler
as Dickstein
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Frank Dae
as Butler
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Vernon Dent
as Fat Man
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Betty Hill
as Elaine
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Donald Kerr
as Reporter
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Murray Leonard
as Proprietor
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Jimmy Lloyd
as Clerk
- Frank McLure
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Harry Tyler
as Bartender
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John Tyrrell
as Street Sweeper Driver
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Emmett Vogan
as Coroner
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Charles Wagenheim
as Phillips
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Douglas Wood
as Bank Manager
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Johnny Calkins
as Boy
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Wally Rose
as Photographer
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Cy Malis
as Man
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Joe Palma
as Newsboy
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Jack Frack
as Reporter
- William Kahn
- Herman Marks
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Ronnie Ralph
as Small Boy
