One Exciting Night is a 1944 British musical comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Vera Lynn, Donald Stewart and Mary Clare. The film was also known as You Can't Do Without Love.[1] The screenplay concerns a female singer who becomes involved with a man who is the victim of a kidnap plot.

One Exciting Night
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Directed by	Walter Forde
Written by	Peter Fraser Howard Irving Young
Story by	Peter Fraser
Produced by	Ben Henry
Starring	Vera Lynn Donald Stewart Frederick Leister
Cinematography	Otto Heller
Edited by	Terence Fisher
Music by	Harry Bidgood
Production company	Columbia Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	4 December 1944 (1944-12-04) (United Kingdom) 26 July 1945 (1945-07-26) (United States)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Plot

Vera Baker is an aspiring singer desperate for an opportunity to impress producer Michael Thorne. Her chance arrives at a benefit concert that is also the scene of an attempted kidnapping of Thorne by gangsters chasing a priceless Rembrandt. Vera somehow eventually thwarts the villains, and along the way manages to wow the audience with her singing.

Cast

• 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
• Peggy Anne ... Bessie
• Jeanette Redgrave ... Ellen

Critical reception

TV Guide called the film a "decent musical farce."[2]

References

External links

• One Exciting Night at IMDb

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