One Exciting Night
1944 · 89 min · ★ 6.2 · Comedy, Music
A young singer meets a man who is the victim of a kidnap plot, and is assumed by the gang to be his girlfriend.
Directed by Walter Forde · Written by Peter Fraser
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Vera Lynn Vera Baker -
Donald Stewart Michael Thorne -
Mary Clare Mrs. Trout -
Frederick Leister Hampton -
Phyllis Stanley Lucille -
Cyril Smith Joe -
Richard Murdoch Illusionist -
Mavis Villiers Mabel - P Peggy Anne Bessie
- J Jeanette Redgrave Ellen
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