Night Ride (1937 film)
1937 British film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1937 British film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Night Ride is a 1937 black and white British drama film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Julian Vedey, Wally Patch and Jimmy Hanley.[1][2] It was written by Ralph Gilbert Bettison.
| Night Ride | |
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![Thumb](#/media/File:"Night_Ride"_(1937_film).jpg) Jimmy Hanley & Wally Patch | |
| Directed by | John Paddy Carstairs |
| Written by | Ralph Gilbert Bettison |
| Based on | the story by Julian Vedey |
| Produced by | Anthony Havelock-Allan |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Desmond Dickinson |
| Edited by | Lister Laurance |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount British Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Young truck driver Dick Benson and his friend Alf Higgins set up their own haulage company with the financial backing of Tony Spinelli, an Italian restaurant owner. However, their former boss Arthur Wilson, concerned about the competition, uses underhand methods to try and sabotage the enterprise. Wilson sends his attractive daughter Ruth to seduce Dick, and a group of thugs to work over their trucks. Wilson very nearly succeeds, but Dick and the truckers make a success of themselves by rescuing miners trapped in a flooded mine.
The film was made at Pinewood Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures.[3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold.[4]
Picture Show wrote: "Although it opens well enough, it sags in the middle and never quite recovers its pace. Fair entertainment."[5]
In British Sound Films, David Quinlan considers the film a "saggy drama".[6]
Leslie Halliwell called it a "brisk action programmer".[7]
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