One New York Night (also released as The Trunk Mystery) is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Jack Conway and written by Frank Davis. The film stars Franchot Tone, Una Merkel, Conrad Nagel, Harvey Stephens, Steffi Duna and Charles Starrett. The film was released on March 3, 1935, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was based on the West End play Sorry You've Been Troubled by Walter C. Hackett, which had previously been made into the 1932 British film Life Goes On.
Plot
Cast
Franchot Tone as Foxhall Ridgeway
Una Merkel as Phoebe
Conrad Nagel as Kent
Harvey Stephens as Collis
Steffi Duna as Countess Louise Broussiloff
Charles Starrett as George Sheridan
Louise Henry as Ermine
Tom Dugan as Selby
Harold Huber as Blake
Henry Kolker as Arthur Carlisle
Reception
Writing for The Spectator, Graham Greene praised the film as "a comedy of astonishing intelligence and finish". Greene emphasized the "witty dialogue, [and] the quick intelligent acting" of Tone and Merkel, commenting that the film felt "[bathed] in an atmosphere fantastic, daring and pleasantly heartless".
See also
Life Goes On (1932)