This Is the Night

This Is the Night

OOH-LA-LA! WHAT A TIME!

NR 1932 · 80 min · ★ 5.4 · Comedy, Romance

When Stephen, the husband of Gerald’s mistress, Claire, discovers a pair of tickets for their planned trip to Venice, Gerald must invent a wife to cover their tracks. He is then forced to hire a woman to play “his wife” when Stephen insists he and Claire accompany them to Venice.

Directed by Frank Tuttle · Written by Benjamin Glazer

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