Night Ride (1937 film)
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] It was made at Pinewood Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold.[3]
| Night Ride | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Jimmy Hanley & Wally Patch | |
| Directed by | John Paddy Carstairs |
| Produced by | Anthony Havelock-Allan |
| Written by | Ralph Gilbert Bettison |
| Based on | the story by Julian Vedey |
| Starring | Julian Vedey Wally Patch Jimmy Hanley |
| Cinematography | Desmond Dickinson |
| Edited by | Lister Laurance |
Production company | British and Dominions |
| Distributed by | Paramount British Pictures |
Release date | June 1937 (UK) |
Running time | 69 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
Young truck driver Dick Benson (Jimmy Hanley) and friend Alf Higgins (Wally Patch) set up their own haulage company with the financial backing of Tony Spinelli (Julian Vedey), an Italian restaurant owner. However, their former boss Arthur Wilson (Frank Petley), concerned about the competition, uses underhand methods to try and sabotage the enterprise. Wilson sends his attractive daughter Ruth (Elizabeth Kent) 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
- 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)
References
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.