Remember the Night

(1940)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 128 votes

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama

Year: 1940

Runtime: 94 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Mitchell Leisen

Cast: Барбара Стэнвик, Фред Макмюррей, Beulah Bondi, Элизабет Паттерсон, Willard Robertson, Sterling Holloway, Charles Waldron, Paul Guilfoyle, Charles Arnt, John Wray

Plot

Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone in jail.

Just before Christmas, Lee Leander is caught shoplifting. It is her third offense. She is prosecuted by John Sargent. He postpones the trial because it is hard to get a conviction at Christmas time. However, he feels sorry for her and arranges for her bail; he also ends up taking her home to his mother for Christmas. Surrounded by a loving family (in stark contrast to Lee's own family background), they fall in love. This creates a new problem: how do they handle the upcoming trial?