---
title: 'Vigil in the Night (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'George Stevens'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/vigil-in-the-night-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033221/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Vigil in the Night (1940)

1940 · 97 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Vigil in the Night is a 1940 RKO Pictures drama film based on the 1939 serialized novel Vigil in the Night by A. J. Cronin. The film was produced and directed by George Stevens and stars Carole Lombard, Brian Aherne and Anne Shirley.

## Credits

- **Director:** [George Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-stevens)
- **Producer:** [George Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-stevens)
- **Screenplay:** [Fred Guiol](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-guiol)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alfred Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-newman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert De Grasse](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-de-grasse)
- **Editor:** [Henry Berman](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-berman)

## Cast

- [Ethel Griffies](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethel-griffies)
- [Anne Shirley](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-shirley)
- [Doris Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-lloyd)
- [Rafaela Ottiano](https://cinepixo.com/people/rafaela-ottiano)
- [Brian Aherne](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-aherne)
- [Robert Coote](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-coote)
- [Emily Fitzroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/emily-fitzroy)
- [Peter Cushing](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-cushing)
- [Carole Lombard](https://cinepixo.com/people/carole-lombard)

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