Tonight's the Night (1932 film)

Tonight's the Night
Directed by	Monty Banks
Written by	Leslie Arliss Syd Courtenay Lola Harvey
Starring	Leslie Fuller Amy Veness Charles Farrell
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Production company	British International Pictures
Distributed by	Wardour Films
Release date	23 May 1932 (1932-05-23)
Running time	74 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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]

Cast

• Leslie Fuller as Bill Smithers
• Amy Veness as Emily Smithers
• Charles Farrell as Williams
• Frank Perfitt as Major Allington
• Syd Crossley as Warder Jackson
• Hal Walters as Alf Hawkins
• Hal Gordon as Smiler
• Betty Fields as Miss Winterbottom
• René Ray as Rose Smithers
• Monty Banks as Convict

References

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

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

External links

• Tonight's the Night at IMDb