All Through the Night (1941)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Vincent Sherman

Writers:

Leonard Spigelgass (screenplay) and
Edwin Gilbert (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

2 December 1941 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Drama | Thriller | War

Tagline:

Killer Bogart takes the Gestapo for a ride!

Plot:

Runyonesque Broadway gamblers turn patriotic when they stumble onto a cell of Nazi saboteurs.

Plot Keywords:

Nazi | Gambler | Gloves | Saboteur | Singer

Cast

Humphrey Bogart	...	Gloves Donahue
Conrad Veidt	...	Ebbing
Kaaren Verne	...	Leda Hamilton
Jane Darwell	...	Mrs. Donahue
Frank McHugh	...	Barney
Peter Lorre	...	Pepi
Judith Anderson	...	Madame
William Demarest	...	Sunshine
Jackie Gleason	...	Starchy (as Jackie C. Gleason)
Phil Silvers	...	Waiter
Wallace Ford	...	Spats Hunter (as Wally Ford)
Barton MacLane	...	Marty Callahan
Edward Brophy	...	Joe Denning
Martin Kosleck	...	Steindorff
Jean Ames	...	Annabelle

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Canada:PG (video rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #7630)

Filming Locations:

Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Some cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names, if any): Vera Lewis (Mrs. Fogerty), Creighton Hale (Waiter) and Stuart Holmes.

Goofs:

Continuity: The "newest battleship" that the Nazis want to sink is either the old "Nevada" or the old "Oklahoma", both built during WWI.

Quotes:

[Gloves and Ebbing are in a boat filled with explosives]
Franz Ebbing: You're not afraid to die, are you?
Alfred "Gloves" Donahue: I don't mind dying, but I hate to be divided up into small pieces.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Worm Eaters (1977)

Soundtrack:

Cherie, I Love You

Fast, Funny Blend of Spies & Tough Guys

A search for the murderer of their friendly neighborhood German baker and a nightclub bouncer leads New York City "sports promoter" (read: bookie) Gloves Donahue (Humphrey Bogart in one of his most entertaining roles) and his sidekicks Sunshine (William Demarest) and Barney (Frank McHugh) to a nest of Fifth Columnists with sabotage on their minds, right in the middle of Manhattan! The high concept of this fast, funny, suspenseful Warners adventure is basically "Damon Runyon Meets The Nazis." I especially got a kick out of the breezy, sometimes punny dialogue (like "We'll get them by the seat of their Panzers" and "Hey, there's more here than meets the FBI!") and its delightful euphemisms for Bogie's line of work, such as "man about town and well-known figure in the sporting world." (My late dad was a bookie, so I should know! ;-) Bogart, Demarest, McHugh, and charming leading lady Kaaren Verne are joined by smooth villains Conrad Veidt, Peter Lorre, and Judith Anderson, and on the good guys' team, Jane Darwell (as Bogie's mom!), Edward Brophy, Barton MacLane, and even a young Phil Silvers and Jackie (C.) Gleason! Alas, Pearl Harbor was still too fresh in 1942 audiences' minds for them to appreciate a quasi-realistic World War 2 spy thriller with broadly humorous overtones. Luckily, ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT is available on home video and Turner Classic Movies so you modern movie lovers can enjoy this entertaining genre blend!