The Night Angel

The Night Angel

86 mins | Drama, Crime, Romance | July 18, 1931

In this crime drama, a Prague DA must close down a house of prostitution masquerading as a cafe. He sends the owner's daughter to a nurse's home until her mother is released. When the happy day comes, he goes to visit them, but is attacked by the doorman, who is in love with the daughter and jealous of the DA. The DA kills him in self-defense but is acquitted when the daughter delivers a highly emotional speech professing her love for him.

The Night Angel

86 mins | Drama, Crime, Romance | July 18, 1931

The Night Angel
In this crime drama, a Prague DA must close down a house of prostitution masquerading as a cafe. He sends the owner's daughter to a nurse's home until her mother is released. When the happy day comes, he goes to visit them, but is attacked by the doorman, who is in love with the daughter and jealous of the DA. The DA kills him in self-defense but is acquitted when the daughter delivers a highly emotional speech professing her love for him.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Paramount
Original title The Night Angel
Directors Edmund Goulding
Writers Edmund Goulding

Cast

Nancy Carroll

as Yula Martini

Fredric March

as Rudek Berken

Phoebe Foster

as Theresa Masar

Alison Skipworth

as Countess von Martini

Alan Hale

as Biezel

Hubert Druce

as Vincent

Katherine Emmet

as Mrs. Berken

Otis Sheridan

as Schmidt

E. Lewis Waller

as Kafka

Clarence Derwent

as Rosenbach

Charles Howard

as Clown

Doris Rankin

as Matron

Francine Dowd

as Mitzi

Cora Witherspoon

as Head Nurse