Night Court

Its Frankness Will Thrill You---Its Truth Hold You Breathless---

A corrupt night court judge tears an innocent young family apart in his efforts to elude a special prosecutor.

1932

Crime·Drama·Thriller

1h 32min

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Top Billed Cast

Phillips Holmes
Mike Thomas
Walter Huston
Judge Andrew J. Moffett
Anita Page
Mary Thomas
Lewis Stone
Judge William Osgood
Mary Carlisle
Elizabeth Osgood
John Miljan
Crawford
Jean Hersholt
Herman the Janitor
Tully Marshall
Grogan
Noel Francis
Lil Baker
Reginald Barlow
District Attorney Grant (uncredited)
George Cooper
Safecracking Thug (uncredited)
DeWitt Jennings
Court Policeman (uncredited)
Eily Malyon
Hungry Woman in Court (uncredited)
Rafaela Ottiano
Evil Tongued Neighbor (uncredited)
Warner Richmond
Frame-Up Man Ed (uncredited)
Frank Sheridan
Thomas H. 'Sam' Haskins (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Acquitted Truck Driver (uncredited)

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