Night Editor

Night Editor
Night Editor

Theatrical Poster
Directed by Henry Levin
Produced by Ted Richmond
Written by Story:
Hal Burdick
Scott Littleton
Screenplay:
Hal Smith
Starring William Gargan
Janis Carter
Music by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Cinematography Burnett Guffey
Philip Tannura
Editing by Richard Fantl
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) March 29, 1946
(United States)
Running time 68 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Night Editor (1946) is a B-movie film noir directed by Henry Levin and based on a popular radio program of the same name. The script for the film was based on a previous radio program episode "Inside Story."[1]

The movie was to be the first in a series of films featuring stories about the graveyard-shift police beat reporters at fictional newspaper, the New York Star, but no other Night Editor films were made.

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Plot

Crane Stewart (Charles D. Brown), the editor of the New York Star, while playing poker with his friends, tells a story about a cop involved in a murder investigation.

In flashback, the editor tells the tale of police lieutenant Tony Cochrane (William Gargan), a family man who cheats on his wife with socialite femme fatale Jill Merrill (Janis Carter). Cochrane and the woman, who is also cheating on her husband, witness a man bludgeoning his girlfriend to death with a tire iron while the couple is parked at "lovers lane" by the beach.

The two can't report the crime without revealing their cheating, a dilemma which eventually leads to bigger troubles. Meanwhile, Cochrane must investigate the killing but is not able to tell anyone he witnessed the crime.

Cast

  • William Gargan as Tony Cochrane
  • Janis Carter as Jill Merrill
  • Jeff Donnell as Martha Cochrane
  • Coulter Irwin as Johnny
  • Charles D. Brown as Crane Stewart
  • Paul E. Burns as Ole Strom
  • Harry Shannon as Capt. Lawrence
  • Frank Wilcox as Douglas Loring
  • Robert Kellard as "Doc" Cochrane

Radio program

The radio program the film was based upon ran from 1934 until 1948.

Sponsored by Edwards Coffee, this featured Hal Burdick as the "night editor." Hal Burdick would receive readers’ requests for stories, in a "letter to the editor" format, which would tell on the program. Burdick played all characters in the program. The stories varied greatly including tales of war, adventure, crime, and an occasional ghost story.[2])

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