Night into Morning
| Night Into Morning | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Fletcher Markle |
| Produced by | Edwin H. Knopf |
| Screenplay by |
Karl Tunberg Leonard Spigelgass |
| Starring |
Ray Milland John Hodiak Nancy Davis |
| Music by | Carmen Dragon |
| Cinematography | George J. Folsey |
| Edited by | Robert Watts |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release dates |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $777,000[1] |
| Box office | $819,000[1] |
Night Into Morning is a 1951 American drama film starring Ray Milland and Nancy Davis.
Plot
Everything is going very well for college professor Phillip Ainley (Ray Milland), who has a loving wife and son and an offer to teach at Yale. But his world turns upside-down when Katherine Mead (Nancy Davis), his secretary, rushes to tell him that there's been a deadly explosion at the professor's home.
His wife and child are killed. Ainley, devastated, becomes morose and turns to drink, causing Mead, a war widow, and best friend Tom Lawry (John Hodiak), her betrothed, to consider these telltale signs that the professor could be suicidal.
A popular athlete on campus has failed an exam and might not graduate, so his girlfriend Dottie (Dawn Addams) appeals to the professor to give him a second chance. A drunken Ainley tells her remaining unmarried might spare them both future heartbreak. He then crashes a car, terrifying the girl and resulting in his arrest.
Character witnesses convince the judge to place Ainley on probation. The professor permits the athlete to take a second exam, then gives him a passing grade. Ainley gets his affairs in order and goes to a hotel, where he plans to take his life. Only a last-minute intervention by Mead saves him, the widow reminding Ainley that she found a new love and new life, just as her first true love would have wanted.
Cast
- Ray Milland as Phillip Ainley
- John Hodiak as Tom Lawry
- Nancy Davis as Katherine Mead
- Lewis Stone as Dr. Horace Snyder
- Jean Hagen as Girl Next Door
- Rosemary DeCamp as Annie Ainley
- Dawn Addams as Dottie Phelps
- Jonathan Cott as Chuck Holderson
- Celia Lovsky as Mrs. Niemoller
- Gordon Gebert as Russ Kirby
- Harry Antrim as Sam Andersen
- Katherine Warren as Margaret Andersen
- Mary Lawrence as Edith Bottomly
- Herb Vigran as Joe
Reception
According to MGM records the movie earned $556,000 in the US and Canada and $263,000 elsewhere, making a loss to the studio of $312,000.[1]
References
External links
- Night into Morning at the Internet Movie Database
- Night Into Morning at TCMDB
- Night into Morning at AllMovie
- Night into Morning at the American Film Institute Catalog