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Night Waitress(1936)
Status: Released
Date: 1936-12-18
58%
3 Votes
Time: 0h 57m
She knew how to handle men...until love taught one man how to handle her!
Overview:
Helen Roberts, who's on probation, goes back to work as a waitress at Torre's Fish Palace, a San Francisco waterfront dive. The customers are low characters trying to make time with Helen and ex-rum runners trying to make a dishonest dollar. Some of the latter, including Helen's unwelcome suitor Martin Rhodes, are after a mysterious, valuable hidden "cargo"; when violence erupts, Helen finds herself innocently involved, and is soon on the run from both cops and crooks.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Night Waitress
Top 10 Billed Cast
Margot Grahame
Helen Roberts
Gordon Jones
Martin Rhodes
Vinton Hayworth
George Skinner
Marc Lawrence
Dorn
Billy Gilbert
Torre
Don 'Red' Barry
Mario Rigo
Paul Stanton
District Attorney
Arthur Loft
Borgum
Walter Miller
Police Inspector
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Helen Roberts, who's on probation, goes back to work as a waitress at Torre's Fish Palace, a San Francisco waterfront dive. The customers are low characters trying to make time with Helen and ex-rum runners trying to make a dishonest dollar. Some of the latter, including Helen's unwelcome suitor Martin Rhodes, are after a mysterious, valuable hidden "cargo"; when violence erupts, Helen finds herself innocently involved, and is soon on the run from both cops and crooks.
Release Date
1936-12-18
Average
5.8
Rating:
2.9 startsTagline
She knew how to handle men...until love taught one man how to handle her!
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