Film

Night Waitress

1936 · 57m · Romance · Crime · Drama

She knew how to handle men...until love taught one man how to handle her!

IMDb

5.7

Helen Roberts, who's on probation, goes back to work as a waitress at Torre's Fish Palace, a San Francisco waterfront dive. The customers are low characters trying to make time with Helen and ex-rum runners trying to make a dishonest dollar. Some of the latter, including Helen's unwelcome suitor Martin Rhodes, are after a mysterious, valuable hidden "cargo"; when violence erupts, Helen finds herself innocently involved, and is soon on the run from both cops and crooks.

Margot Grahame

Helen Roberts

Gordon Jones

Martin Rhodes

Vinton Hayworth

George Skinner

Marc Lawrence

Dorn

Billy Gilbert

Torre

Don 'Red' Barry

Mario Rigo

Otto Yamaoka

Fong

Paul Stanton

District Attorney

Arthur Loft

Borgum

Walter Miller

Police Inspector

Ernie Adams

Diner Who Gets Indigestion

Willie Best

Black Pedestrian

Mozelle Britton

Waitress

Grace Cunard

Waitress

Frank Faylen

Policeman at Torre's

Jerry Frank

Gangster

• Lew LandersDirector
• Marcus GoodrichScreenplay

Release date

December 18, 1936

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

57m

Genres

Romance, Crime, Drama

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