Girls in the Night is an American film noir directed by Jack Arnold. Released by Universal Pictures on January 15, 1953, the film stars Harvey Lembeck, Joyce Holden and Glenda Farrell. A family's efforts to move into a better neighborhood are hampered when their son is accused of killing a blind man.
Plot
Hannah Haynes, a pretty girl who competes in a beauty contest, dreams of moving away from her New York slum neighborhood. Her older brother Chuck, who has a chance to land a new job on Long Island, is hit by a car and needs to recover first.
Hannah frustrates her boyfriend by agreeing to a date with a hoodlum named Irv Kellener, which causes a fight between the men and makes the evil schemer Vera Schroeder jealous. Chuck and his girlfriend Georgia, who does seductive dances to entice men to throw coins to her, become so desperate that they steal from a beggar who is pretending to be blind.
Anticipating their plot, Irv arrives there first but is caught by the beggar and shoots him. Vera hides the gun and provides an alibi. Chuck and Georgia later execute their plan and steal more than $600, unaware that their victim is dead. Vera blackmails them, demanding $2,000 to prevent her from snitching to the police.
The principals confront each another in a warehouse, where Irv kisses Hannah and infuriates Vera. The police arrive, Irv runs and he is accidentally electrocuted. Chuck and Georgia are set free after returning the stolen money.
Cast
Harvey Lembeck as Chuck Haynes
Joyce Holden as Georgia Codray
Glenda Farrell as Alice Haynes
Leonard Freeman as Joe Spurgeon
Patricia Hardy as Hannah Haynes
Jaclynne Greene as Vera Schroeder
Don Gordon as Irv Kellener
Anthony Ross as Charlie Haynes
Emile Meyer as Police Officer Kovacs (as Emile G. Meyer) Susan Odin as Hilda Haynes Tommy Farrell as Frankie (as Tommie Farrell) Paul E. Burns as 'Blind' Fred Minosa John Eldredge as Judge Alan Dexter as Police Lt. Meyers Charles Cane as McGinty