In director William A. Wellman’s engrossing drama starring Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Blondell, and Clark Gable, a nurse discovers that the children she’s caring for are murder targets., In the first of a double bill of films starring one of cinema’s great femme fatales, Barbara Stanwyck is cast as a private nurse hired by wealthy, drunken widow Charlotte Merriam to look after her children. It is not long before Stanwyck becomes aware of an evil scheme, headed by phoney doctor Rolf Harolde, to starve the two little girls to death and inherit a trust fund by marrying Merriam who only has eyes for crooked chauffeur Clark Gable., Even by pre-Production Code standards, Night Nurse is pretty raw meat. Barbara Stanwyck appears in various states of dishabille as Lora Hart, a nurse hired as a governess for the children of alcoholic socialite Mrs. Ritchie (Charlotte Merriam, who replaced Mildred Harris during shooting). Lora is shocked at the degree to which kids have been neglected by their tosspot mother and even more shocked at the behavior of Mrs. Ritchie’s chauffeur Nick (Clark Gable), who seems to have a sinister influence over the household. A grade-A louse, Nick has concocted a scheme to starve the two kids to death then gain control of their trust fund by marrying Mrs. Ritchie. Advised by her best friend Maloney (Joan Blondell) to call the cops, Lora is browbeaten into silence by the brutish Nick. But help arrives in the form of Mortie (Ben Lyon), a likeable bootlegger who cheerfully uses his mob connections to put Nick “on the spot.”, A nurse in the care of some children discovers that the tykes are the targets of a murder plot, and puts herself in danger to save them from the terrible fate.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “Night Nurse ” ?
A: The main cast includes Barbara Stanwyck,Clark Gable,Ben Lyon,Joan Blondell,Charles Winninger,Charlotte Merriam,Eddie Nugent,Blanche Friderici,Allan Lane,Allan “Rocky” Lane,Walter McGrail,Davina Whitehouse,Ralf Harolde,Vera Lewis,Marcia Mae Jones,Betty Jane Graham,James Bradbury,Betty May,Jed Prouty,Willie Fung,James Bradbury Jr.,Charles Kenyon,Oliver H.P Garrett,Edward McDermott,Barney McGill,Barney “Chick” McGill,Earl Luick,Max Parker.
Q: When Did the “Night Nurse” Released?
A: The Movie “Night Nurse” originally aired on 1931-08-08 and released in the year of 1931.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “Night Nurse” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “Night Nurse” ?
A: “Night Nurse” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
