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