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Remember the Night

1940·94 min

Remember the Night

Directed by Mitchell Leisen

ComedyRomanceDrama

Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone in jail.

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Barbara Stanwyck

Lee Leander/Anna Rose Malone

Jack Sargent

Mrs. Sargent

Elizabeth Patterson

Aunt Emma "Emmie"

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Mitchell Leisen

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Director of Photography

Preston Sturges

Screenplay

Friedrich Hollaender

Original Music Composer

Producer

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What is Remember the Night about?

Remember the Night (1940) is about unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone in jail.

Who directed Remember the Night?

Mitchell Leisen directed Remember the Night (1940).

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