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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.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 |
Plot
editYoung 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.
Main cast
edit- Julian Vedey as Tony Spinelli
- Wally Patch as Alf Higgins
- Jimmy Hanley as Dick Benson
- Joan Ponsford as Jean Morley
- Frank Petley as Arthur Wilson
- Elizabeth Kent as Ruth Wilson
- Kenneth Buckley as Claude Dulson
- Clelia Matania as Lucia Spinelli
- Moore Marriott as miner (role cut)
Production
editThe 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]
Critical reception
editPicture 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]
References
edit- ^ "Night Ride". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "Night Ride (1937) - John Paddy Carstairs - Cast and Crew - AllMovie".
- ^ Wood, Linda (1986). British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute. ISBN 978-0851701493.
- ^ "Night Ride (1937)". Archived from the original on 26 November 2016.
- ^ "Night Ride". Picture Show. 38 (974): 24. 25 December 1937 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 121. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
- ^ Halliwell, Leslie (1989). Halliwell's Film Guide (7th ed.). London: Paladin. p. 730. ISBN 0-586-08894-6.
External links
edit- Night Ride at IMDb
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