Night Shift (1944 film)

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Night Shift
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Directed by Jean Faurez
Written byBelisario L. Randone
Guglielmo Usellini
Nino Frank
Produced byJulien Rivière
Starring Gaby Morlay
Jacques Dumesnil
Vivi Gioi
Cinematography René Gaveau
Edited byMaurice Bonin
Madeleine Bonin
Music by Roger Desormière
Production
companies
Francinex
Consorzio EIA
Distributed by Francinex
Release date
19 April 1944
Running time
99 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
Language French

Night Shift (French: Service de Nuit, Italian: Turno di notte) is a 1944 French-Italian comedy film directed by Jean Faurez and starring Gaby Morlay, Jacques Dumesnil and Vivi Gioi. [1] [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert.

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Synopsis

In a small village in Savoy, the astute night telephone operator knows all the local intrigue and cleverly manipulates them—but doesn't reveal a word.

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References

  1. Burch & Sellier p.104
  2. Hayward p.4

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