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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1932-05-04
Languageen
Runtime58m
Production

Universal Pictures

6.8(18)
•1932•58m

Night World

Drama

Overview

"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's star dancer falls in love with a young socialite who drinks to forget a personal tragedy, among other incidents.

Writing & Screenplay
Richard Schayer
Cinematography
Merritt B. Gerstad

Principal Cast

45 credited
Lew Ayres
Lew AyresMichael Rand
Mae Clarke
Mae ClarkeRuth Taylor
Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff'Happy' MacDonald
Dorothy Revier
Dorothy RevierJill MacDonald
Russell Hopton
Russell HoptonKlauss
Hedda Hopper
Hedda HopperMrs. Rand
Clarence Muse
Clarence MuseTim Washington, the Doorman
Dorothy Peterson
Dorothy PetersonEdith Blair
Bert Roach
Bert RoachTommy
George Raft
George RaftEd Powell

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