L'Aventure d'une nuit (1940)
Juste avant Noël, Lee Leander, voleuse à la tire, est arrêtée pour avoir tenté de voler un bracelet dans la vitrine d’un magasin de bijoux. La jeune femme se retrouve au tribunal où il est décidé de reporter son jugement à la fin des fêtes de fin d’année. Navré de la voir passer Noël en prison, le procureur John Sargent organise sa mise en liberté sous caution et décide de l’emmener dans sa famille à la campagne passer les fêtes. Après quelques péripéties de voyage, Lee découvre l’accueillante famille du procureur et s’attache à ce petit monde plein de bons sentiments. John va finir par tomber amoureux de la belle délinquante ce qui va lui poser un sérieux dilemme…
Directeur:
Mitchell Leisen
écrivain:
Preston Sturges
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Barbara Stanwyck as Lee Leander/Anna Rose Malone |
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Fred MacMurray as Jack Sargent |
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Beulah Bondi as Mrs. Sargent |
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Elizabeth Patterson as Aunt Emma "Emmie" |
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Willard Robertson as Francis X. O'Leary |
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Sterling Holloway as Willie Simms |
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Charles Waldron as Judge in New York |
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Paul Guilfoyle as District Attorney |
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Charles Arnt as Tom |
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John Wray as Hank |
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Thomas W. Ross as Mr. Emory |
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Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Rufus |
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Tom Kennedy as 'Fat' Mike |
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Georgia Caine as Lee's Mother, Mrs. Malone |
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Virginia Brissac as Mrs. Emory |
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Spencer Charters as Judge at Rummage Sale |
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Jean Acker as Jury Member (uncredited) |
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Ambrose Barker as Customs Official (uncredited) |
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John Beck as Lee's Stepfather (uncredited) |
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Brooks Benedict as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
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Avril Cameron as Jury Member (uncredited) |
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Chester Clute as Jewelry Salesman (uncredited) |
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Frank Conklin as Jury Member (uncredited) |
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Harry Depp as Jury Member (uncredited) |
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Edmund Elton as Minister (uncredited) |
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Julia Faye as Jury Member (uncredited) |
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James Flavin as Court Attendant (uncredited) |
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George Guhl as Court Guard (uncredited) |
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Beth Hartman as Jury Member (uncredited) |
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Milton Kibbee as Jury Member (uncredited) |
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Fuzzy Knight as Bandleader at Barn Dance (uncredited) |
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Lillian Lawrence as Townswoman at Rummage Sale (uncredited) |
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Kate Drain Lawson as Jail Matron (uncredited) |
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Martha Mears as Nightclub Singer (uncredited) |
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George Melford as Brian the Bailiff (uncredited) |
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Pat O'Malley as Jury Member (uncredited) |
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Walter Soderling as Jury Member (uncredited) |
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Bernard Suss as Jury Member (uncredited) |
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Julius Tannen as Jury Member (uncredited) |
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Florence Wix as Judge's Wife (uncredited) |
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James Carlisle as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
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William A. Boardway as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
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Steve Carruthers as Court Reporter (uncredited) |
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Roy Crane as Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
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Jon Dodson as Nightclub Singer #3 (uncredited) |
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Harry Evans as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
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Kenneth Gibson as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
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Carl M. Leviness as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
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Bud Linn as Nightclub Singer #4 (uncredited) |
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Robert Locke Lorraine as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
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Earl Pingree as Jury Member (uncredited) |
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Paul Power as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
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Rad Robinson as Nightclub Singer #2 (uncredited) |
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Ruth Warren as Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
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Katherine Yorke as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Production | Mitchell Leisen | Producer |
| Editing | Doane Harrison | Editor |
| Camera | Ted Tetzlaff | Director of Photography |
| Art | Roland Anderson | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Preston Sturges | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dorothy Ponedel | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Mitchell Leisen | Director |
| Art | A. E. Freudeman | Interior Designer |
| Sound | Earl S. Hayman | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Walter Oberst | Sound Recordist |
| Production | John Zinn | Casting |
| Sound | Charles Bradshaw | Orchestrator |
| Directing | Hal Walker | Assistant Director |
| Production | William LeBaron | Executive Producer |
| Crew | LeRoy Prinz | Choreographer |
| Art | A. E. Freudeman | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Friedrich Hollaender | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Albert Lewis | Producer |
| Sound | Leo Shuken | Orchestrator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eugene Joseff | Other |
| Sound | Irvin Talbot | Conductor |
