A Scream in the Night (1935)
A colonial police detective in an Eastern seaport seeks a stolen gem, and infiltrates the underworld by posing as a look-alike wharfside bar owner.
- Date of release
- 1935-07-29
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 58m
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime, Mystery
- Director
- Fred C. Newmeyer
Casting
- Lon Chaney Jr. — Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain
- John Ince — Joe Bentley
- Zarah Tazil — Mora
- Manuel López — Johnny Fly
- Richard Cramer — Inspector Green (as Dick Cramer)
- Sheila Terry — Edith Bentley
- Merrill McCormick — Jalla (as Merril Mc Cormick)
- Philip Ahn — Wu Ting (as Philip Ann)
- John Lester Johnson — John
Interesting facts
A Scream in the Night is an American film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Lon Chaney Jr. It is not related to the 1919 silent film of the same name. The film was made in 1934, but had trouble finding a distributor. It was only theatrically released in 1943, after Chaney had already become a star. Chaney played a dual role in the film, as both Detective Jack Wilson and Butch Curtain
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