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Director:

Henry Hathaway

Writers:

Samuel G. Engel (story) and
Hal Long (story) ...
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Release Date:

19 April 1940 (USA) more

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Romance more

Tagline:

Not since "Jesse James" has he had such as role! more

Plot:

The son of a jailed Wall Street broker turns to crime to pay for his father's release. full summary | add synopsis

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NewsDesk:

Power-ful Films
 (From New York Post. 22 July 2008, 12:49 AM, PDT)

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"That Little Mischief In Your Goodnight Kiss" more (12 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tyrone Power ... Bob Cain aka Johnny Apollo

Dorothy Lamour ... Lucky Dubarry
Edward Arnold ... Robert 'Pop' Cain Sr.
Lloyd Nolan ... Mickey Dwyer aka The Mick
Charley Grapewin ... Judge Emmett T. Brennan
Lionel Atwill ... Jim McLaughlin
Marc Lawrence ... Bates
Jonathan Hale ... Dr. Brown
Harry Rosenthal ... Piano Player
Russell Hicks ... District Attorney
Fuzzy Knight ... Cellmate

Charles Lane ... Assistant District Attorney
Selmer Jackson ... Warden (as Selmar Jackson)
Charles Trowbridge ... Judge Penrose
John Hamilton ... Judge
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Dance with the Devil (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #5935) | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Unbilled actor Tom Dugan plays a convict named Tom Dugan. more

Quotes:

Welfare Secretary: Name, please.
Prisoner Tom Dugan: Tom Dugan.
Welfare Secretary: Age?
Prisoner Tom Dugan: I'll be 58 when I get out.
Welfare Secretary: Previous occupation?
Prisoner Tom Dugan: Thief. Don't worry. I'll get me old job back again.
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Remington Steele: Cast in Steele (#3.9)" (1984) more

Soundtrack:

Baby Face more


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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
"That Little Mischief In Your Goodnight Kiss", 10 March 2008
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Author: bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York

Johnny Apollo was Darryl F. Zanuck's attempt probably at Tyrone Power's request to give him some more challenging material. Up to this time Power's films were mostly either costume period dramas or screen comedies. For the first time Ty is in modern dress and in a drama.

Power fits the title role of Johnny Apollo rather well. The name is a spur of the moment creation for Robert Cain, Jr. who would be called a trust fund baby today. His widower father Edward Arnold's indictment for some white collar securities violations has put Power's rather well ordered and soft universe to a sudden end.

Power tries to play it straight, but can't make a go of it. Circumstances put him and gangster Lloyd Nolan together. And Power discovers he's got a talent for the rackets. He also attracts the attention of Nolan's girl friend Dorothy Lamour.

Johnny Apollo is a good film with crackerjack performances by the cast that Henry Hathaway directed. It's probably best compared to MGM's Johnny Eager where Louis B. Mayer was also trying to broaden their studio's heartthrob Robert Taylor's appeal. Johnny Eager is the better film, but no one in Johnny Apollo need be ashamed of anything.

Best performances in the film are from Nolan as gangster Mickey Dwyer. Nolan was never bad in any film he was ever in. Second best is alcoholic mob attorney Charley Grapewin.

Dorothy Lamour was brought over from Paramount for this film, playing a part that Alice Faye or Betty Grable might normally have been assigned to. She gets two of her best movie songs to sing, This Is The Beginning Of The End by Mack Gordon and Your Kiss by Frank Loesser and Lionel Newman.

Johnny Apollo is a fine gangster film from a studio that normally did not do that particular genre. At least at this time.

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