The Wedding Night

While working on a novel in his country home in Connecticut, married writer Tony Barrett (Cooper) becomes attracted to Manya (Sten), the daughter of a neighboring farmer. Manya is unhappily engaged to Frederik (Bellamy). Due to a snowstorm, Tony and Manya are trapped together in his house overnight. The next day, Manya's father insists her wedding to Frederik take place in spite of Manya's misgivings. Drunkenness and jealousy result in tragedy at the wedding reception that night.

Cast

Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper

as Tony Barrett

Anna Sten

Anna Sten

as Manya Novak

Ralph Bellamy

Ralph Bellamy

as Fredrik Sobieski

Helen Vinson

Helen Vinson

as Dora Barrett

Sig Ruman

Sig Ruman

as Mr. Jan Novak

Esther Dale

Esther Dale

as Mrs. Kaise Novak

Leonid Snegoff

Leonid Snegoff

as Sobieski

Eleanor Wesselhoeft

Eleanor Wesselhoeft

as Mrs. Sobieski

Milla Davenport

Milla Davenport

as Grandmother

Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan

as Bill Jenkins

Reviews

CinemaSerf

On this face of it, this is just another one of these star vehicles with a story based on a restless hero with a bit of a roving eye. It actually turns out to be far better than that as Gary Cooper is "Tony" a writer who can't get published any more. Getting a bit low on the shekels, he, his wife "D...

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