London by Night (film)

London by Night is a 1937 American murder mystery film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring George Murphy, Rita Johnson and Virginia Field. It marked the screen debut of Johnson who while shooting the film also unsuccessfully tested to replace Jean Harlow in Saratoga. Gossip columnist Louella Parsons drew attention to her as a rising star. It was based on an unproduced play The Umbrella by British writer William Matthew Scott.

Plot
A London-based newspaperman is about to head for Paris for his first vacation in three years when he becomes embroiled by the murder of a shopkeeper in the square where he lives, followed shortly afterwards by the shooting of a police constable.

Working alongside Inspector Jefferson of Scotland Yard he encounters a spirited socialite when he accosts her family's butler whom he wrongly suspects is the killer. Public alarm rises further when a barmaid at a nearby pub is also killed.

Cast

 * George Murphy as 	Michael Denis
 * Rita Johnson as Patricia Herrick
 * Virginia Field as 	Bessie
 * Leo G. Carroll as Correy
 * George Zucco as 	Inspector Jefferson
 * Montagu Love as Sir Arthur Herrick
 * Eddie Quillan as 	Bill
 * Leonard Mudie as 	Squires
 * J.M. Kerrigan as Tims
 * Neil Fitzgerald as 	Inspector Sleet
 * Harry Stubbs as 	Postman
 * Ivan F. Simpson as Burroughs
 * Frank Baker as 	Walker
 * Leyland Hodgson as 	Maddow
 * Robert Adair as Bobby
 * Harry Allen as Glazer
 * Colin Kenny as Scotland Yard Detective
 * William Bailey as Scotland Yard Detective

Box office
According to MGM records the movie earned $187,000 in the US and Canada and $134,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $3,000.