Night Journey is a 1938 British crime drama film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Geoffrey Toone, Patricia Hilliard and Alf Goddard.Wood p.99
It was shot at Walton Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.300 It was a co production between British National and Butcher's.
The film's sets were designed by the art director R. Holmes Paul.
Plot A story of the activities of a gang of car thieves whose rendezvous is an all-night café, built up against a disused chalk quarry, where stolen cars are brought to be disguised and sent on their way again for disposal in distant towns.
Cast Geoffrey Toone as Johnny Carson Patricia Hilliard as Mary Prentice Alf Goddard as Tiny Edward Lexy as Milstone Mike Ronald Ritchie as Lemmy Zillah Bateman as Nan Charles Farrell as Dave Richard Norris as Harry Phyllis Morris as Mrs. Prentice
Production The film was one of a series of movies about British lorry drivers made around this time, others including Night Ride and They Drive By Night.
References
Bibliography Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007. Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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