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Vigil in the Night is a american film of genre Drama directed by George Stevens released in USA on 9 february 1940 with Carole Lombard

Vigil in the Night (1940)

Vigil in the Night
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Released in USA 9 february 1940
Length 1h42
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating66% 3.344123.344123.344123.344123.34412

Vigil in the Night is a 1940 film (produced and distributed by RKO Pictures) based on the 1939 serialized novel Vigil in the Night, by A. J. Cronin. The film was produced and directed by George Stevens and stars Carole Lombard, Brian Aherne and Anne Shirley.

Synopsis

In Great Britain, Vigil in the Night nurse Anne Lee (Carole Lombard) takes the blame for a fatal error made by her sister Lucy (Anne Shirley), also a nurse, and is forced to leave the hospital where they both work. She moves to a large city where she procures a job at another hospital and falls in love with Dr. Robert Prescott (Brian Aherne). Overcoming obstacles and personal tragedy along the way, Anne and Prescott work together to bring about better conditions for the care of the sick as well as fighting an epidemic which threatens to overwhelm all those around them.

Actors

Carole Lombard

(Anne Lee)Brian Aherne

(Dr. Robert S. Prescott)Anne Shirley

(Lucy Lee)Robert Coote

(Dr. Caley)Peter Cushing

(Joe Shand)
And :
Ethel Griffies
Brenda Forbes
Doris Lloyd
Emily Fitzroy
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