Tonight's the Night (1932 film)

Tonight's the Night is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Leslie Fuller, Amy Veness and Charles Farrell.[1] The screenplay concerns a man who is wrongly imprisoned for theft and escapes from jail and tracks down the real culprit. It is also known by the alternative title Tonight's the Night: Pass It On. Leslie Arliss was a co-screenwriter.[2] It was shot at the Elstree Studios of British International Pictures.[3]

Tonight's the Night
Directed byMonty Banks
Written byLeslie Arliss
Syd Courtenay
Lola Harvey
StarringLeslie Fuller
Amy Veness
Charles Farrell
CinematographyErnest Palmer
Production
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Distributed byWardour Films
Release date
  • 23 May 1932 (1932-05-23)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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References

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  1. ^ "Tonight's the Night (1932) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  2. ^ Katz, Ephraim; Nolen, Ronald Dean (26 February 2013). The Film Encyclopedia 7e. HarperCollins. pp. 1688–. ISBN 9780062277114. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  3. ^ Wood p.73

Bibliography

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  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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