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A wealthy divorcée falls for a charming Parisian, but her insanely jealous ex-husband will do anything to get her back.
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Paul Dumond
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Irene Vail
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Cesare
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Bruce Vail
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Michael Brovsky
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Norton
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Private Detective
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Maestro
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Paul (uncredited)
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Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Headwaiter at Victor's (uncredited)
Jeanne Blanche ...
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Clumsy Waiter at Cesare's (uncredited)
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Victor (uncredited)
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Dowager (uncredited)
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French Woman (uncredited)
Harry Depp ...
Waiting Customer at Victor's (uncredited)
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Ship's Officer Talking to Captain Alden (uncredited)
Gloria Eaton ...
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Waiter (uncredited)
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Vail Employee Reading from Newspaper (uncredited)
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Detective Finding Irene (uncredited)
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S.O.S. Radio Operator (uncredited)
George Humbert ...
Ship's Chef (uncredited)
Payne B. Johnson ...
Boy on Ship (uncredited)
Jeannette Kerner ...
Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Tetsu Komai ...
SOS Radio Operator (uncredited)
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Reservations Man at Victor's (uncredited)
John Marston ...
Captain Alden (uncredited)
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Cab Driver (uncredited)
Martha Merrill ...
Employee at Victor's (uncredited)
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Mrs. Vaughan (uncredited)
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Wireless Operator (uncredited)
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Waiter (uncredited)
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Passenger with Lifejacket (uncredited)
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Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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Ship Passenger (uncredited)
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Chef with Mustache (uncredited)
June Preston ...
Little Girl with Dog (uncredited)
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Inspector Millard (uncredited)
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Wireless Operator (uncredited)
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Old Man Getting in Lifeboat (uncredited)
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Waiter (uncredited)
Adele St. Maur ...
Hotel Maid (uncredited)
William Stack ...
Vail's Attorney (uncredited)
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Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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Commodore Eldridge (uncredited)
Charles Williams ...
Room Service Waiter on Ship (uncredited)

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Frank Borzage

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Gene Towne ... (screen play) &
C. Graham Baker ... (screen play) (as Graham Baker)
 
Vincent Lawrence ... (additional dialogue) &
David Hertz ... (additional dialogue)
 
Frank Borzage ... () (uncredited)

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Walter Wanger ... producer

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Alfred Newman ... (uncredited)

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David Abel ... director of photography
Gregg Toland ... (uncredited)

Editing by

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Margaret Clancey

Art Direction by

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Alexander Toluboff

Costume Design by

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Bernard Newman

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Lew Borzage ... assistant director
Arthur Ripley ... second unit director (uncredited)

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Paul Neal ... sound

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James Basevi ... special technical effects

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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Alfred Newman ... musical director

Additional Crew

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Walter Wanger ... presenter
Joshua Logan ... dialogue director (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

The obsessive and jealous shipowner Bruce Vail does not accept the divorce his wife Irene Vail is seeking to make final, so he hires his chauffeur Michael Browsky to forge adultery with Irene in Paris to make the provisional decree she has achieved there null. However, she is rescued by the headwaiter Paul Dumond, who punches Michael and locks Bruce and his private eyes in a closet. The pair then escapes and spends a wonderful night together in the restaurant Chateau Bleu, where Paul and his best friend Chef Cesare work, and fall in love with eachother. Meanwhile, Bruce murders Michael and blackmails Irene, blaming Paul and forcing her to travel with him to New York. But Paul does not give up on Irene, and follows her to New York with Cesare trying to become reunited with his love. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Taglines EVERY WOMAN WILL WANT TO SEE IT! (print ad - Lubbock Evening Journal - Tech Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - April 28, 1938-all caps) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le destin se joue la nuit (France)
  • ...und ewig siegt die Liebe (Germany)
  • Cena de medianoche (Spain)
  • Le destin se joue la nuit (Belgium, French title)
  • A História Começou à Noite (Brazil)
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  • 97 min
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Budget $821,791 (estimated)

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Trivia The Hindenburg is mentioned as (successfully) completing a trans-Atlantic trip, with the husband on board. This movie was released in the USA on March 5, 1937. The Hindenburg disaster occurred on May 6, 1937. It never made its return flight to Europe. See more »
Goofs When dancing together in the closed restaurant near the beginning, Charles Boyer is clearly wearing shoes designed to make him look taller. Note the high heel and thick soles. In close-ups, he has on normal men's dress shoes instead. (Interestingly, in the stacked shoes, he's only a few inches taller than the barefoot Jean Arthur, suggesting that at least one of them lied about their heights throughout their careers. She's on record as 5'3" and he's on record as 5'9".) See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Night of April 14th (1959). See more »
Soundtracks Adios Muchachos See more »
Quotes Irene Vail: You're right, Bruce. This time you're right. This time there *is* another man. You set a trap to catch me with one... and another came instead, to tell me that he loves me, and for me to tell him I love him too. And *you* did it! You did it all by yourself! Isn't that funny? Don't you think that's funny? Before he came, I never even looked at another man. But you wouldn't believe me! So you created one, and you sent him right into my arms...
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