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Night in New Orleans (1942)

Night in New Orleans poster
Directed by
William Clemens
Genre
crime film, detective film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 15m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates a murder in New Orleans. He follows clues through the city's nightlife and encounters a mix of suspects and allies.

noirsuspensefulcity-at-nightwhodunitbriskcerebralatmosphericclassic

What happens

Night in New Orleans is a 1942 American crime film directed by William Clemens and loosely adapted by Jonathan Latimer from the 1940 novel Sing a Song of Homicide by James R. Langham. The film stars Preston Foster, Patricia Morison, Albert Dekker, Charles Butterworth, Dooley Wilson and Paul Hurst. The film was released on July 1, 1942, by Paramount Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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