London by Night (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = London by Night

| image = File:London by Night (film).jpg

| caption =

| director = Wilhelm Thiele

| producer = Sam Zimbalist

| writer = George Oppenheimer

| based_on = {{Based on|The Umbrella (play)|William Matthew Scott}}

| starring = {{ubl|George Murphy|Rita Johnson|Virginia Field }}

| music = William Axt

| cinematography = Leonard Smith

| editing = George Boemler

| distributor = Loew's Inc.

| studio = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

| released = {{Film date|1937|7|30}}

| runtime = 69 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $200,000{{Citation | title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}.

| gross = $321,000

}}

File:George Murphy in London By Night.JPG

London by Night is a 1937 American murder mystery film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring George Murphy, Rita Johnson and Virginia Field. It marked the screen debut of Johnson who while shooting the film also unsuccessfully tested to replace Jean Harlow in Saratoga. Gossip columnist Louella Parsons drew attention to her as a rising star.Wagner p.99 It was based on an unproduced play The Umbrella by British writer William Matthew Scott.

Plot

A London-based newspaperman is about to head for Paris for his first vacation in three years when he becomes embroiled by the murder of a shopkeeper in the square where he lives, followed shortly afterwards by the shooting of a police constable.

Working alongside Inspector Jefferson of Scotland Yard he encounters a spirited socialite when he accosts her family's butler whom he wrongly suspects is the killer. Public alarm rises further when a barmaid at a nearby pub is also killed.