''Night Spot'' is a 1938 American

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by Christy Cabanne and written by Lionel Houser. The film stars

Harry Parke Harry Einstein (May 6, 1904 – November 24, 1958), known professionally as Harry Parke and other pseudonyms, most commonly Parkyakarkus, was an American comedian, writer, and character actor. A specialist in Greek dialect comedy, he became famo ...

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, Gordon Jones,

Joan Woodbury Joan Elmer Woodbury (December 17, 1915 – February 22, 1989) was an American actress beginning in the 1930s and continuing well into the 1960s. Early life Woodbury was born in Los Angeles, California on December 17, 1915. Her father was Elmer ...

, and Lee Patrick. The film was released on February 25, 1938, by RKO Pictures.

Plot

Marge Dexter is bored with her career and wants to sing, so she goes to an interview at the Royal Beach Club owned by gangster Marty Davis, she gets the job, but there are two policemen working undercover as band members.

Cast

as Gashouse (credited as Parkyakarkus) *

as Pete Cooper * Gordon Jones as Riley *

as Marge Dexter * Lee Patrick as Flo Bradley * Bradley Page as Marty Davis *

Jack Carson John Elmer Carson (October 27, 1910 – January 2, 1963) was a Canadian-born American film actor. Carson often played the role of comedic friend in films of the 1940s and 1950s, including ''The Strawberry Blonde'' (1941) with James Cagney and ...

as Shallen * Frank M. Thomas as Headwaiter *

Joseph Crehan Joseph A. Creaghan (July 15, 1883 – April 15, 1966) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1916 and 1965, and notably played Ulysses S. Grant nine times between 1939 and 1958, most memorably in ''Union Paci ...

as Inspector Wayland * Crawford Weaver as Smokey *

Cecil Kellaway Cecil Lauriston Kellaway (22 August 1890 – 28 February 1973) was a South African character actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice, for '' The Luck of the Irish'' (1948) and '' Guess Who's Coming to Dinner ...

as Willard Lorryweather * Rollo Lloyd as Vail

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* * * * 1938 films American black-and-white films RKO Pictures films Films directed by Christy Cabanne American comedy films 1938 comedy films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub