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The Night Hawk

  • 1938
  • Approved
  • 1h 3m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
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Jack A. Marta, Robert Armstrong, Bill Burrud, John Dilson, Donald Douglas, Joe Downing, Earl Felton, Paul Fix, Dwight Frye, Roland Got, Robert Homans, Cy Kendall, Lucien Littlefield, Robert Livingston, Bruce MacFarlane, Paul McVey, Horace Murphy, Ernest J. Nims, Sidney Salkow, Herman Schlom, June Travis, Ben Welden, Charles C. Wilson, and Harley Wood in The Night Hawk (1938)
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Gangster Charlie McCormick despairs as his young brother Bobby lays near death and vows to break the quarantine of the ocean liner Pacific Queen in order to retrieve the iron lung Bobby need... Read allGangster Charlie McCormick despairs as his young brother Bobby lays near death and vows to break the quarantine of the ocean liner Pacific Queen in order to retrieve the iron lung Bobby needs. Meanwhile, newspaper editor Lonigan searches for reporter Slim Torrence, because Slim i... Read allGangster Charlie McCormick despairs as his young brother Bobby lays near death and vows to break the quarantine of the ocean liner Pacific Queen in order to retrieve the iron lung Bobby needs. Meanwhile, newspaper editor Lonigan searches for reporter Slim Torrence, because Slim is friends with Tom Niles, the customs officer on the verge of cracking a whiskey smuggling... Read all

  • Director
    • Sidney Salkow
  • Writer
    • Earl Felton
  • Stars
    • Robert Livingston
    • June Travis
    • Robert Armstrong
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    28
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    • Director
      • Sidney Salkow
    • Writer
      • Earl Felton
    • Stars
      • Robert Livingston
      • June Travis
      • Robert Armstrong
    • 2User reviews
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    Robert Livingston
    Robert Livingston
    • Slim Torrence
    June Travis
    June Travis
    • Della Parrish
    Robert Armstrong
    Robert Armstrong
    • Charlie McCormick
    Ben Welden
    Ben Welden
    • Otto Miller
    Lucien Littlefield
    Lucien Littlefield
    • Parrish
    Joe Downing
    • Lefty
    Roland Got
    • Willie Sing
    Cy Kendall
    Cy Kendall
    • Capt. Teague
    Paul Fix
    Paul Fix
    • Spider
    Bill Burrud
    Bill Burrud
    • Bobby McCormick
    • (as Billy Burrud)
    Charles C. Wilson
    Charles C. Wilson
    • Lonigan
    Dwight Frye
    Dwight Frye
    • John Colley
    Paul McVey
    Paul McVey
    • Larsen
    Robert Homans
    Robert Homans
    • Mulruney
    John Dilson
    John Dilson
    • Doctor
    • (uncredited)
    Donald Douglas
    Donald Douglas
    • Tom Niles
    • (uncredited)
    Bruce MacFarlane
    • Bit Role
    • (uncredited)
    Horace Murphy
    Horace Murphy
    • Boatman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Sidney Salkow
    • Writer
      • Earl Felton
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    5boblipton

    Did This Start As A Serial?

    Bill Burrud needs an iron lung to survive. One's coming in on a ship, but it will be tied up in customs for days. So his brother, gangster Robert Armstrong, has his men steal it. The competition hears about this, so they steal it and hold it for ransom. Newspaperman Robert Livingston hears about this, and starts working on the story, and the allied question of how Armstrong's gang makes its money.

    It's a nicely complicated story, but director Sidney Salkow can't seem to build up any momentum in what's going on. I had the impression that this was originally intended as a serial with its start-and-stop pacing and its musical cues that sound pulled from the serial library. Some of the characters are more complicated than they would have been in a serial, like Armstrong, but some things are never fully sorted out.

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    • Release date
      • October 1, 1938 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • A Águia Nocturna
    • Filming locations
      • Republic Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Republic Pictures
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 3m(63 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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