''Night Freight'' is a 1955 American
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Jean Yarbrough
Jean Yarbrough (August 22, 1900 – August 2, 1975) was an American film director.
Biography
Jean Yarbrough was born in Marianna, Arkansas on August 22, 1900. He attended the Sewanee: The University of the South, University of the South in ...
and written by
Steve Fisher. The film stars
Forrest Tucker
Forrest Meredith Tucker (February 12, 1919 – October 25, 1986) was an American actor in movies and television who appeared in nearly a hundred films. Tucker worked in vaudeville as a straight man at the age of fifteen. While he was on a trip ...
,
Barbara Britton
Barbara Britton (born Barbara Maurine Brantingham; September 26, 1920 – January 17, 1980) was an American film and television actress. She is best known for her Western film roles opposite Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, and Gene Autry and for h ...
,
Keith Larsen
Keith Larsen (born Keith Larsen Burt, June 17, 1924 – December 13, 2006) was an American actor who starred in three short-lived television series between 1955 and 1961.
Background
Larsen was born in Salt Lake City in 1924. He was of Norwegia ...
,
Thomas Gomez
Thomas Gomez (July 10, 1905 – June 18, 1971) was an American actor.
Life and career
Spanish on his father (Sabino Tomás Gómez)'s side (Gibraltar and Santander, Spain) and French-Irish on his mother's side (Alsace and County Cork), Gomez's ...
, Michael Ross and
Myrna Dell
Myrna Dell (born Marilyn Adele Dunlap; March 5, 1924 – February 11, 2011) was an American actress, model, and writer who appeared in numerous motion pictures and television programs over four decades. A Hollywood glamour girl in the early par ...
. The film was released on August 28, 1955, by
Allied Artists Pictures.
Plot
Cast
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Forrest Tucker
Forrest Meredith Tucker (February 12, 1919 – October 25, 1986) was an American actor in movies and television who appeared in nearly a hundred films. Tucker worked in vaudeville as a straight man at the age of fifteen. While he was on a trip ...
as Mike Peters
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Barbara Britton
Barbara Britton (born Barbara Maurine Brantingham; September 26, 1920 – January 17, 1980) was an American film and television actress. She is best known for her Western film roles opposite Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, and Gene Autry and for h ...
as Wanda Haycock
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Keith Larsen
Keith Larsen (born Keith Larsen Burt, June 17, 1924 – December 13, 2006) was an American actor who starred in three short-lived television series between 1955 and 1961.
Background
Larsen was born in Salt Lake City in 1924. He was of Norwegia ...
as Don Peters
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Thomas Gomez
Thomas Gomez (July 10, 1905 – June 18, 1971) was an American actor.
Life and career
Spanish on his father (Sabino Tomás Gómez)'s side (Gibraltar and Santander, Spain) and French-Irish on his mother's side (Alsace and County Cork), Gomez's ...
as Ed Haight
*Michael Ross as Louis
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Myrna Dell
Myrna Dell (born Marilyn Adele Dunlap; March 5, 1924 – February 11, 2011) was an American actress, model, and writer who appeared in numerous motion pictures and television programs over four decades. A Hollywood glamour girl in the early par ...
as Sally
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Lewis Martin as Richard Crane
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G. Pat Collins as Kelly
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Sam Flint
Sam Flint (born Samuel A. Ethridge; October 19, 1882 – October 17, 1980) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 200 films, and is perhaps most familiar to today's audiences from Charlie Chan mysteries, adventure serials (notably ...
as Gordon
References
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1955 films
American drama films
1955 drama films
Allied Artists films
Films directed by Jean Yarbrough
1950s English-language films
1950s American films
American black-and-white films
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