Night Editor

A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.

Cast

William Gargan

as Tony Cochrane

Janis Carter

as Jill Merrill

Jeff Donnell

as Martha Cochrane

Coulter Irwin

as Johnny

Charles D. Brown

as Crane Stewart

Paul E. Burns

as Ole Strom

Harry Shannon

as Capt. Lawrence

Frank Wilcox

as Douglas Loring

Robert Kellard

as 'Doc' Cochrane (as Robert Stevens)

Roy Gordon

as Benjamin Merrill (Uncredited)

Reviews

John Chard

You are worse than blood poisoning! Night Editor is directed by Henry Levin and adapted to screenplay by Hal Smith from the radio program of the same name - by Hal Burdick - and the short story, Inside Story, written by Scott Littleton. It stars William Gargan, Janis Carter, Jeff Donnell, Coulter...

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