Blues in the Night (1941)

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Country: USA
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Release: 1941-11-15
Director: Anatole Litvak
Writers: Edwin Gilbert , Robert Rossen (1908–1966)
Language: English
Stars: Priscilla Lane , Betty Field , Richard Whorf , Lloyd Nolan , Jack Carson , Wallace Ford , Elia Kazan (1909–2003) , Peter Whitney (I) (1916–1972) , Billy Halop , Howard Da Silva
Runtime: 88 min
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total
AKA: Blues in the Night (Japan) , Blues in the Night (United States of America) , Rythmoi tis nyhtas (Greece) , El canto a la vida (Mexico) , Gece serenadı (Turkey) , Blues in the Night , Блюз ночью , Blues in the Night (United Kingdom) , Hot Nocturne (United States of America) , New Orleans Blues (United States of America) , Uma Canção para Você (Brazil)
Plot: "Jigger' Pine forms a band that includes singer Ginger 'Character' Powell, wife of the trumpeter Leo Powell, and Nickie Haroyen and Peppi. All of them dedicate themselves to work as a unit and to play 'blues' music. The dedication isn't paying off in money and, while riding the rails in a boxcar, they meet and befriend a gangster named Del Davis. He offers them a job at a New Jersey roadhouse, where Powell falls in love with Kay Grant, a former 'real-good friend' of Davis. But when Powell learns that 'Character' is about to have a baby, he returns to her. "Jigger" tries to make Kay the band's singer and, when this fails, runs off with her. She leaves him with nothing to show for him except a nervous breakdown.Back at the roadhouse, after his recovery, Kay shows up, has a quarrel with Davis, shoots and kills him and plans to take back up with "Jigger", who knows better but just can't help himself. While she is waiting in a car for him, along comes cripple Brad Ames, who she put in that condition, and he gets in and drives the car over a cliff, leaving no survivors in the two-passenger crash. The band is back together at the end, still using boxcars as their transportation, but happy playing the blues.
IMDB:tt0033409