All in a Night's Work (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = All in a Night's Work

| image = All in a Nights Work 1961 poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Joseph Anthony

| producer = Hal Wallis

| screenplay = Edmund Beloin
Maurice Richlin
Sidney Sheldon

| story = Owen Elford (play)
Margit Veszi

| narrator =

| starring = Dean Martin
Shirley MacLaine
Cliff Robertson
Charles Ruggles

| music = André Previn

| cinematography = Joseph LaShelle

| editing = Howard A. Smith

| studio = Wallis-Hazen

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{film date|1961|03|22|}}

| runtime = 94 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

|gross=$2.2 million{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/variety-1962-01/page/n121/mode/1up?q=%22back+street%22+%22ross+hunter%22|magazine=Variety|title=1961 Rentals and Potential|date=10 Jan 1961|page=58}}

}}

All in a Night's Work is a 1961 American Technicolor romantic screwball comedy film directed by Joseph Anthony and starring Dean Martin and Shirley MacLaine.{{cite web|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9806E4D61439EE32A25750C2A9659C946091D6CF|title=All in a Night s Work (1961) Miss MacLaine in 'All in a Night's Work'|first=Bosley|last=Crowther|authorlink=Bosley Crowther|date=March 23, 1961}}

Plot

Tony Ryder's uncle, the wealthy publisher of magazines, has just died. The young playboy Tony inherits the paper but is left with a board of directors that thinks he's unsuited for the task, plus a hotel detective who thinks Tony should know about a girl who was seen running away from his uncle's Palm Beach hotel room, wearing nothing but a Turkish towel and an earring, on the night of his death.

Tony discovers that the young lady in question, Katie Robbins, is employed in his own research department. The board decrees that he must send in the detective to watch her and head off any attempts at blackmail. But the more time Tony spends trying to get Katie to open up about what her relationship to his uncle was, the less he cares. Complications ensue in the form of Ms. Robbins's fiancé—he's a strait-laced veterinarian—and the board's insistence that Katie be silenced at all costs.

Tony goes as far as kidnapping a dog off the street, so he can gain access to Kingsley's veterinary clinic and size him up. When the dog's muscular owner appears, Tony beats a hasty retreat and leaves Kingsley to take the heat.

When Kingsley's strait-laced parents come to New York to meet Katie, they quickly discover her inability to cook and her low tolerance for alcohol. The father, somewhat henpecked, secretly enjoys a grand tour of Manhattan's nightspots.

Kingsley Jr. is exposed as an unworthy "Mamma's Boy", and Tony demonstrates his loyalty by proposing to Katie in a crowded elevator of strangers.

Cast

{{Cast listing|

Dean Martin as Tony Ryder
Shirley MacLaine as Katie Robbins
Cliff Robertson as Warren Kingsley, Jr.
Charles Ruggles as Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr. (billed as Charlie Ruggles)
Norma Crane as Marge Coombs
John Hudson as Harry Lane
Jerome Cowan as Sam Weaver
Gale Gordon as Oliver Dunnin
Ralph Dumke as Baker
Mabel Albertson as Mrs. Kingsley
Rex Evans as Carter
Mary Treen as Miss Schuster
Roy Gordon as Albright
Ian Wolfe as O'Hara
Gertrude Astor{{Cite news|title=Feature Castings|author=|date=May 20, 1960|work=The Hollywood Reporter|page=9|quote=Gertrude Astor, 'All in a Night's Work,' Hal Wallis-Paramount.|id={{ProQuest|2338237083}}}} as Customer (uncredited)[https://catalog.afi.com/Film/22968-ALL-IN-A-NIGHTS-WORK?cxt=filmography "All in a Night's Work (1061): Credits"]. American Film Institute.
Rosemarie Bowe{{Cite news|title=Feature Castings|author=|date=May 27, 1960|work=The Hollywood Reporter|page=9|quote=Rosemarie Bowe, 'All in a Night's Work,' Paramount.|id={{ProQuest|2338237308}}}} as Tony's 'Friend' (uncredited)
Cecil Elliott (uncredited){{Cite news|title=Feature Castings|author=|date=May 26, 1960|work=The Hollywood Reporter|page=9|quote=Johnstone White, Donald Foster, Carlyle H. Mitchell, Mike Mahoney, Michael P. Moll, Florence Ravenel, Cecil Elliott, Richard Wessel, Carle Saxe, 'All in a Night's Work,' Paramount.|id={{ProQuest|2339737187}}}}
Charles Evans as Colonel Ryder (uncredited)
Donald Foster (uncredited)
Jay Girard (uncredited){{Cite news|title=Feature Castings|author=|date=May 2, 1960|work=The Hollywood Reporter|page=9|quote=Virginia Whitmire and Jay Girard, 'All in a Night's Work,' Hal Wallis-Paramount.|id={{ProQuest|2338366005}}}}
Jasper as The Dog (uncredited)[https://www.newspapers.com/image/574940676/?clipping_id=146524331 "Scene Stealer"]. The Birmingham News. June 4, 1960. p. 7.
Mike Mahoney (uncredited)
Michael P. Moll (uncredited)
Florence Ravenel (uncredited)
Carle Saxe (uncredited)
Yuki Shimoda{{Cite news|title=Feature Castings|author=|date=June 2, 1960|work=The Hollywood Reporter|page=9|quote=Yuki Shimoda, 'All in a Night's Work,' Paramount.|id={{ProQuest|2338236638}}}} as Ryder's House Servant (uncredited)[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press/146524791/ "Houseboy Ready"]. The Pittsburgh Press. July 6, 1960. p. 39. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
Joan Staley (uncredited){{Cite news|title=Feature Castings|author=|date=May 31, 1960|work=The Hollywood Reporter|page=6|quote=Joan Stahley [sic], 'All in a Night's Work,' Paramount.|id={{ProQuest|2339765447}}}}
Dick Wessel (uncredited)
Jack Weston{{Cite news|title=Feature Castings|author=|date=April 29, 1960|work=The Hollywood Reporter|page=5|quote=Jack Weston and Mary Teen, 'All in a Night's Work,' Paramount.|id={{ProQuest|2338365488}}}} as Lasker (uncredited)
Virginia Whitmire (uncredited)