--- title: 'Night Must Fall (1937)' type: 'film' director: 'Richard Thorpe' released: '1937-01-01' runtime_minutes: 117 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Mystery' - 'Thriller' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/night-must-fall-1937' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029310/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Night Must Fall (1937) 1937 · 117 min · Drama, Mystery, Thriller · United States ## Synopsis Night Must Fall is a 1937 American film adaptation of the 1935 play by Emlyn Williams, adapted by John Van Druten and directed by Richard Thorpe. It stars Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell and Dame May Whitty in her Hollywood film debut at age 72, who earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She reprised her role in the stage drama in London and New York City. A critical success, Night Must Fall was named the best film of the year by the National Board of Review. Robert Montgomery also received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role. A 1964 remake starred Albert Finney, although the remake did not do as well as the original. ## Credits - **Director:** [Richard Thorpe](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-thorpe) - **Screenplay:** [John Van Druten](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-van-druten) - **Original Music Composer:** [Edward Ward](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-ward) - **Producer:** [Hunt Stromberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/hunt-stromberg) - **Director of Photography:** [Ray June](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-june) - **Editor:** [Robert J. Kern](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-j-kern) ## Cast - [Beryl Mercer](https://cinepixo.com/people/beryl-mercer) - [Eily Malyon](https://cinepixo.com/people/eily-malyon) - [Matthew Boulton](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-boulton) - [Robert Montgomery](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-montgomery) - [Alan Marshal](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-marshal) - [E. E. Clive](https://cinepixo.com/people/e-e-clive) - [Kathleen Harrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-harrison) - [May Whitty](https://cinepixo.com/people/may-whitty) - [Rosalind Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosalind-russell) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/night-must-fall-1937 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1545838); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.