there's an offhand moment here where Stanwyck looks at MacMurray and softly says "Gee, you're sweet." and it melted me across 70 years and through my TV.
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.
Where to watch
1Remember the Night is showing in 1 cinema in Los Angeles — next screening Saturday 5 December at 14:30 at Old Town Music Hall.
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6What people say
Barbara Stanwyck with shiny tears in her eyes like if you agree
a perfect movie w/ 2 flaws: the racist treatment of rufus and fred macmurray eating his sandwich with his leather gloves on...like, directly touching the bread smh35mm. Film Forum.
Common questions
What is Remember the Night about?+
An assistant district attorney unexpectedly forms a bond with a shoplifter he is transporting to prison, deciding to take her to his family home for a Christmas holiday instead.
Who directed Remember the Night?+
Mitchell Leisen directed the 1940 film, which features a screenplay written by noted filmmaker Preston Sturges.
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