''The Night Hawk'' is a 1938 American
crime film
Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...
directed by
Sidney Salkow
Sidney Salkow (June 16, 1911 – October 18, 2000) was an American film director (more than 50 motion pictures), screenwriter, and television director.
Salkow was educated at the City College of New York, Columbia University, and Harvard Law Sch ...
and written by
Earl Felton
Earl Felton (1909–1972) was an American screenwriter.
He was a regular collaborator with Richard Fleischer, who later wrote that "Earl was crippled from childhood with polio. He had no use of his legs, but he navigated beautifully with a crutch ...
. The film stars
Robert Livingston,
June Travis
June Travis (born June Dorothea Grabiner; August 7, 1914 – April 14, 2008) was an American film actress.
Background
Born June Dorothea Grabiner, she was the daughter of Harry Grabiner, vice-president of the Chicago White Sox in the 1930s.
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,
Robert Armstrong Robert Armstrong may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
*Robert Armstrong (actor) (1890–1973), film actor
*Robert Armstrong (cartoonist) (born 1950), American underground comics artist and musician, coined the term "couch potato"
Fictional charac ...
,
Ben Welden
Ben Welden (born Benjamin Weinblatt; June 12, 1901 – October 17, 1997) was an American character actor who played a wide variety of Damon Runyon-type gangsters in various movies and television shows.
Early years
Welden was born in Toledo, Oh ...
,
Lucien Littlefield
Lucien Littlefield (August 16, 1895 – June 4, 1960) was an American actor who achieved a long career from silent films to the television era. He was noted for his versatility, playing a wide range of roles and already portraying old men befor ...
and Joe Downing. The film was released on October 1, 1938, by
Republic Pictures
Republic Pictures is currently an acquisition-only label owned by Paramount Pictures. Its history dates back to Republic Pictures Corporation, an American film studio that originally operated from 1935 to 1967, based in Los Angeles, California ...
.
Plot
Cast
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Robert Livingston as Slim Torrence
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June Travis
June Travis (born June Dorothea Grabiner; August 7, 1914 – April 14, 2008) was an American film actress.
Background
Born June Dorothea Grabiner, she was the daughter of Harry Grabiner, vice-president of the Chicago White Sox in the 1930s.
...
as Della Parrish
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Robert Armstrong Robert Armstrong may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
*Robert Armstrong (actor) (1890–1973), film actor
*Robert Armstrong (cartoonist) (born 1950), American underground comics artist and musician, coined the term "couch potato"
Fictional charac ...
as Charlie McCormick
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Ben Welden
Ben Welden (born Benjamin Weinblatt; June 12, 1901 – October 17, 1997) was an American character actor who played a wide variety of Damon Runyon-type gangsters in various movies and television shows.
Early years
Welden was born in Toledo, Oh ...
as Otto Miller
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Lucien Littlefield
Lucien Littlefield (August 16, 1895 – June 4, 1960) was an American actor who achieved a long career from silent films to the television era. He was noted for his versatility, playing a wide range of roles and already portraying old men befor ...
as Parrish
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Joe Downing
Joe Downing (June 26, 1903 – October 16, 1975) was an American stage, TV and B-movie actor who made more than 70 appearances.
Career
Downing's early acting experience included work with the Theatre Guild, particularly dancing in ''The ...
as Lefty
*Roland Got as Willie Sing
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Cy Kendall
Cyrus Willard Kendall (March 10, 1898 – July 22, 1953) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1935 and 1950. Kendall's heavy-set, square-jawed appearance and deep voice were perfect for wiseguy roles such ...
as Capt. Teague
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Paul Fix
Peter Paul Fix (March 13, 1901 – October 14, 1983) was an American film and television character actor who was best known for his work in Westerns. Fix appeared in more than 100 movies and dozens of television shows over a 56-year career be ...
as Spider
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Bill Burrud
William James Burrud (January 12, 1925 – July 12, 1990) was a child actor and a television host and producer best known for his travel programs.
Biography
Born in Hollywood, California, Burrud was a son of Leland Burrud, who had produced on ...
as Bobby McCormick
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Charles C. Wilson as Lonigan
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Dwight Frye
Dwight Iliff Frye (born Fry; February 22, 1899 – November 7, 1943) was an American character actor of stage and screen. He is best known for his portrayals of neurotic, murderous villains in several classic Universal horror films, such as Re ...
as John Colley
*Paul McVey as Larsen
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Robert Homans
Robert Edward Homans (November 8, 1877 – July 28, 1947) was an American actor who entered films in 1923 after a lengthy stage career.
Life and career
Robert Homans was born November 8, 1877, in Malden, Massachusetts. Although he studied ...
as Mulruney
References
External links
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1938 films
1930s English-language films
American crime films
1938 crime films
Republic Pictures films
Films directed by Sidney Salkow
American black-and-white films
1930s American films
English-language crime films
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