Night Editor

Night Editor

In the middle of a kiss...Murder!

1946•1h 8m•5.5/10

CrimeDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.5/10(24)

A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.

Open in PickFlick

Production

Columbia Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Available in Your Library

Cast

William Gargan

William Gargan

Tony Cochrane

Janis Carter

Janis Carter

Jill Merrill

Jeff Donnell

Jeff Donnell

Martha Cochrane

Coulter Irwin

Coulter Irwin

Johnny

Charles D. Brown

Charles D. Brown

Crane Stewart

Paul E. Burns

Paul E. Burns

Ole Strom

Harry Shannon

Harry Shannon

Capt. Lawrence

Frank Wilcox

Frank Wilcox

Douglas Loring

Robert Kellard

Robert Kellard

'Doc' Cochrane (as Robert Stevens)

Roy Gordon

Roy Gordon

Benjamin Merrill (Uncredited)

Anthony Caruso

Anthony Caruso

Tusco (Uncredited)

Harry Tyler

Harry Tyler

Bartender (Uncredited)

Johnny Calkins

Boy (Uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

Eddy Chandler

Dickstein (Uncredited)

Michael Chapin

Michael Chapin

Doc as a Boy (Uncredited)

Frank Dae

Frank Dae

Butler (Uncredited)

Jack Davis

District Attorney Bill Halloran (Uncredited)

Vernon Dent

Vernon Dent

Fat Man in Library (Uncredited)

Jack Frack

Reporter (Uncredited)

Betty Hill

Elaine Blanchard (Uncredited)

Recommended

Lady in the Lake

Lady in the Lake

Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.

Lady in the Lake

1946

6.1

Cry of the City

Cry of the City

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?

Cry of the City

1948

6.7

The Big Combo

The Big Combo

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.

The Big Combo

1955

7.0

The Web

The Web

A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.

The Web

1947

7.1

The Blue Gardenia

The Blue Gardenia

Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.

The Blue Gardenia

1953

6.5

The Dark Corner

The Dark Corner

Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in search of answers.

The Dark Corner

1946

6.7

Each Dawn I Die

Each Dawn I Die

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.

Each Dawn I Die

1939

6.8

The Mask of Dimitrios

The Mask of Dimitrios

A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, in order to learn more about the man. Along the way he is joined by the mysterious Mr. Peters, who has his own motivation.

The Mask of Dimitrios

1944

7.0

M

Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.

M

1951

6.4

Framed

Framed

Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.

Framed

1947

6.5

They Made Me a Fugitive

They Made Me a Fugitive

After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.

They Made Me a Fugitive

1947

6.6

Deadline - U.S.A.

Deadline - U.S.A.

New York City newspaper The Day is in trouble. Even though editor Ed Hutcheson has worked hard running the paper, its circulation has been steadily declining. Now the publisher's widow wants to sell the paper, which will most likely mean its end. Hutcheson's only hope is to finish his exposé on a dangerous gangster before the sale is finalized.

Deadline - U.S.A.

1952

6.9

Similar Movies

A Bullet for Joey

A Bullet for Joey

Raoul Leduc is a police inspector trailing a spy who plots to kidnap an important American atomic scientist. Joe Victor a gangster who is hired to carry out the abduction, balks when he learns what is at stake and helps Leduc out instead.

A Bullet for Joey

1955

5.8

The Woman in Question

The Woman in Question

Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions with her are shown in flashbacks from their point of view.

The Woman in Question

1950

6.3

Forbidden

Forbidden

Eddie Darrow, seeking a mobster's widow in Macao, gets involved in a casino owner's affairs.

Forbidden

1953

6.3

High Wall

High Wall

Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, he's committed to an understaffed county asylum full of pathetic inmates. There, Dr. Ann Lorrison is initially skeptical about Kenet's story and reluctance to undergo treatment. But against her better judgement, she begins to doubt his guilt.

High Wall

1947

6.4

The Missing Juror

The Missing Juror

A newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors.

The Missing Juror

1944

6.3

Under Glass

Under Glass

A rideshare driver picks up a mysterious passenger who knows the truth about a deep, dark secret the driver is trying his best to forget

Under Glass

2024

Loophole

Loophole

Bank teller Mike Donovan (Barry Sullivan) takes the first step on the road to Perdition when he fails to report a $49,000 shortage. Accused of theft, Donovan is fired from his job. He is then prevented from finding other employment by Javert-like insurance investigator Gus Slavin (Charles McGraw). Despite many setbacks, Donovan attempts to clear his muddied name.

Loophole

1954

6.9

They Won't Believe Me

They Won't Believe Me

On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.

They Won't Believe Me

1947

6.5

Dead Men Are Dangerous

Dead Men Are Dangerous

Unsuccessful writer Aylmer Franklyn takes the chance to change identities after he discovers a corpse. However, he soon finds himself accused of the murder of a maid at a near-by boarding house.

Dead Men Are Dangerous

1939

5.6

Daybreak

Daybreak

After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.

Daybreak

1939

7.6

Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt

A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolt's girl, without knowing of their relationship. Thunderbolt hopes to stave off the execution long enough to kill young Moran for romancing his girl.

Thunderbolt

1929

5.7

The Sound of Fury

The Sound of Fury

A family man – desperate for a job – latches onto a friend who encourages him into being a criminal.

The Sound of Fury

1950

6.5

PickFlick Assistant

Hi! I'm your PickFlick Assistant. Ask me about movies, TV shows, OTT sources, or anything about PickFlick.

Powered by CopilotKit