Note: Commentary by director Vincent Sherman and Bogart biographer Eric Lax
Warner Night at the Movies 1942 short subjects gallery: vintage newsreel, Joe Doakes comedy short So You Want to Give Up Smoking, classic cartoon Lights Fantastic, trailers of All Through the Night and 1942's Gentleman Jim
New featurette Call the Usual Suspects: The Craft of the Character Actor
Subtitles: English, Français & Español (feature film only)
Los Angeles Times - 11/12/1998
"...An uncannily prophetic spy thriller....Topical, unpretentious, ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT also boasts an exceptionally large cast of Hollywood Golden Age redoubtables..."
Product Description:
Bogart and Lorre spoof their screen personas in this send-up of WW II spy intrigues. Broadway big-shot and part-time gangster "Gloves" Donahue becomes a full-time amateur detective after a German friend of his is killed. Gloves' investigation lands him in a deadly web of intrigue when he discovers a Nazi spy ring is behind the murder. Fine suspense and comedy blend.
Plot Synopsis:
In New York during World War II, part-time gangster "Gloves" Donahue becomes a full-time amateur detective after a German friend of his is killed. Gloves' investigation lands him in a deadly web of intrigue, where danger lurks at every turn, and no one's identity can be trusted. But Gloves' sleuthing pays off when he discovers who is behind the murder -- a Nazi spy ring. And unfortunately, they are now plotting a more heinous crime, which could affect the outcome of the war. Can Gloves stop them in time?
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