A Gentleman After Dark

A Gentleman After Dark

74 mins | Drama, Crime, Adventure | April 16, 1942

A greedy woman betrays her jewel thief husband to the police, for the reward. Her husband's friend, a detective, adopts the couple's child and raises her as his own. Eighteen years later the husband, still in prison, finds out that his ex-wife is now blackmailing their daughter. He vows to break out and put a stop to her once and for all.

A Gentleman After Dark

74 mins | Drama, Crime, Adventure | April 16, 1942

A Gentleman After Dark
A greedy woman betrays her jewel thief husband to the police, for the reward. Her husband's friend, a detective, adopts the couple's child and raises her as his own. Eighteen years later the husband, still in prison, finds out that his ex-wife is now blackmailing their daughter. He vows to break out and put a stop to her once and for all.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers
Original title A Gentleman After Dark
Directors Edwin L. Marin
Writers Richard Washburn Child, Patterson McNutt, George Bruce

Cast

Brian Donlevy

as Harry Melton

Miriam Hopkins

as Flo Melton

Preston Foster

as Tom Gaynor

Harold Huber

as Stubby

Phillip Reed

as Eddie Smith

Gloria Holden

as Miss Clark

Douglass Dumbrille

as Enzo Calibra

Sharon Douglas

as Diana Melton

Stephanie Foster

as Diana (child)

William Henry

as Paul Rutherford

Ralph Morgan

as Morrison

Jack Mulhall

as Desk Clerk

William Haade

as Relief Cop

William Ruhl

as Detective

David Clarke

as Bellboy

Edgar Dearing

as Joe