All Through the Night (1941)

Director:

Vincent Sherman

Writers:

Leo Rosten (story) and
Leonard Spigelgass (story) ...

Release Date:

2 DECEMBER 1941 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Drama | Thriller | War

Tagline:

Killer Bogart takes the Gestapo for a ride!

Plot:

Runyonesque Broadway gamblers turn patriotic when they stumble onto a cell of Nazi saboteurs.

Plot Keywords:

Dachau | Runyonesque Characters | Brooklyn | Gloves | Gambling

Cast

Humphrey Bogart	...	Mr. Alfred 'Gloves' Donahue
Conrad Veidt	...	Franz Ebbing
Kaaren Verne	...	Miss Leda Hamilton
Jane Darwell	...	'Ma' Donahue
Frank McHugh	...	Barney, Gloves' chauffeur
Peter Lorre	...	Pepi, the piano player
Judith Anderson	...	Madame, at Continental Art Gallery
William Demarest	...	Sunshine
Jackie Gleason	...	Starchy (as Jackie C. Gleason)
Phil Silvers	...	Louie, at Charlie's restaurant
Wallace Ford	...	Spats Hunter, Gloves' lawyer (as Wally Ford)
Barton MacLane	...	Marty Callahan, Duchess Club owner
Edward Brophy	...	Joe Denning, Callahan's partner
Martin Kosleck	...	Steindorff, at meeting of spies
Jean Ames	...	Annabelle, Barney's wife

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #7630)

Filming Locations:

Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

George Raft and Olivia de Havilland were originally assigned to the film in 1941, but Raft turned the role down. As with High Sierra (1941) and The Maltese Falcon (1941), Humphrey Bogart benefited from Raft's refusals.

Goofs:

Continuity: 16 minutes into the movie, Gloves is sitting in an armchair. A glass is on the arm and it is clearly visible when the phone is brought to him. The edge of the glass is visible at the bottom of the screen through the phone call, but when Gloves stands up and the phone is brought away, the glass is no longer there.

Quotes:

[seeing wall maps at the spies' headquarters]
Gloves Donahue: Principal airways... arterial highways...
Sunshine: Looks like Public School 167. I got expelled from there.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Worm Eaters (1977)

Soundtrack:

Home on the Range

Nazis have no sense of humor

A very funny war era movie. Bogart had played a gangster in comedies (Brother Orchid with Edward J. Robinson), but played it straight as a tough guy. This movie highlighted Bogart's great comedic timing which was also evident in harder edged movies from the same period: The Big Sleep, Casablanca, and the Maltese Falcon. All Through the Night makes a fun companion piece to these movies and like the others, has a great supporting cast.