Saturday, June 28, 2014

The Wagons Roll At Night (From Eric Beheim)


Released in 1941, THE WAGONS ROLL AT NIGHT stars Humphrey Bogart as Nick Coster, the tough, cynical and somewhat shady owner of a carnival. (When this film was made, Bogart was not quite the box office draw as Warner Bros. other stars James Cagney, George Raft and Errol Flynn. THAT would change after the release of his very next film THE MALTESE FALCON.) The plot is a reworking of the 1937 Warner Bros. film KID GALAHAD, which deals with professional prize fighting.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

The first time I saw this film was when one of Cleveland’s television stations showed it on January 15, 1957 the day after Bogart died.

Ole Whitey said...

I had the impression that some of this was shot on the Russell show, but I don't see anything here that looks like it.