Night Alone

Charles and Barbara Seaton are a happily married couple who, for the first time in seven years, are parted for the night when a business appointment prevents Charles from accompanying his wife to see their niece perform in a school concert. Barbara's close friend, Vi, seems to have one thing on her mind and encourages her to have an extra-marital affair, even trying to fix her up with another parent at the concert. Charles's pal is played by Cyril Raymond, best known as Mr Pipe and Slippers from Brief Encounter, but here he's a man-about-town who loves nothing better than a night out clubbing with various floozies, and encourages Charles to join him. Complications invariably ensue. Quite a saucy semi-farce, typical of a strand of stage and screen in pre-war Britain, and still quite entertaining. Emlyn Williams looks a little out of place in the lead.

This is a really strange film to star Ellyn Williams.Nearly all the film's he appeared in were serious dramas.This is a comedy thriller.Williams plays a meek solicitor who is parted from his wife for the first time in seven years.The wife goes to a concert featuring a niece.Williams is supposed to meet a business appointment which is cancelled.He meets a friend who takes him to a nightclub.Williams gets very drunk and passes out.He is carried to a woman's flats.Unfortunately she is involved in a currency smuggling gang.The police are on to the couple who leave the flat before they arrive leaving a very drunk Williams.The police find the currency in the lining of a suitcase.So he is taken off to the police station.He awakes sober in the morning.His friend has been arrested for being drunk and is able to corroborate Williams story.Williams dashes back to their hotel before his wife gets back.This is really a Rockefeller.Difficult to understand Williams participation,maybe he had some bills to pay.Comedy is not really his forte.