Blues in the Night

Blues in the Night is a 1941 American musical in the film noir style, directed by Anatole Litvak, starring Priscilla Lane, Richard Whorf, Betty Field, Lloyd Nolan, Elia Kazan and Jack Carson.

Plot
Jigger Pine (Richard Whorf) is the moody leader of a touring jazz ensemble that's mired in setbacks on the road to success. The ragtag big-band unit includes Jigger on piano, upbeat Nickie (Elia Kazan) on clarinet, cocky Leo (Jack Carson) on trumpet and Leo's angelic wife, Ginger (Priscilla Lane), on vocals. They land a break when they score a regular gig at a roadhouse. But things take a turn for the worse when Jigger falls for a bar diva (Betty Field) with a heart of coal.

Cast

 * Priscilla Lane as Ginger "Character" Powell
 * Richard Whorf as Jigger Pine
 * Betty Field as Kay Grant
 * Lloyd Nolan as Del Davis
 * Jack Carson as Leo Powell
 * Elia Kazan as Nickie Haroyen
 * Wallace Ford as Brad Ames
 * Howard Da Silva as Sam Paryas
 * Peter Whitney as Pete Bossett
 * Billy Halop as Peppi
 * George Lloyd as Joe
 * Charles C. Wilson as Barney
 * William Gillespie as baritone singer in jail cell
 * Matt McHugh as the Drunk
 * Ernest Whitman as Black Prisoner #1
 * Napoleon Simpson as Black Prisoner #2
 * Dudley Dickerson as Black Prisoner #3
 * Anthony Warde as Del's Henchman #1
 * Sol Gorss as Del's Henchman #2