One Night with You (1948 film)

One Night with You
Original British quad poster by Eric Pulford
Directed by	Terence Young
Written by	Caryl Brahms (adaptation) (as C. Brahms) S. J. Simon (adaptation)
Based on	screenplay Fuga A Due Voci by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Produced by	Josef Somlo
Starring	Nino Martini Patricia Roc Bonar Colleano Stanley Holloway
Cinematography	André Thomas
Edited by	Douglas Myers
Music by	Lambert Williamson
Production company	Two Cities Films
Distributed by	General Film Distributors
Release date	25 April 1948 (1948-04-25)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£236,200[1]
Box office	£63,200[1]

One Night with You is a 1948 British musical comedy film directed by Terence Young and starring Nino Martini, Patricia Roc and Bonar Colleano.^[2]

Plot

A famous opera singer engaged for the lead in an Italian movie loses his identity papers and is stranded at a railway station with a young British woman.

Cast

• Nino Martini as Giulio
• Patricia Roc as Mary Santell
• Bonar Colleano as Piero Santellini
• Hugh Wakefield as Santell
• Guy Middleton as Matty
• Charles Goldner as Fogliati
• Stanley Holloway as Tramp
• Willy Fueter as Pirelli
• Miles Malleson as Jailer
• Martin Miller as Police Inspector
• Richard Hearne as Station Master
• Irene Worth as Lina Linari
• Judith Furse as Second Writer
• Stuart Latham as First Writer
• Brian Worth as Third Writer
• Christopher Lee as Pirelli's Assistant
• Andreas Malandrinos as Waiter
• Percy Walsh as Hotel Proprietor
• John Warren as First Ticket Collector
• Cyril Smith as Second Ticket Collector
• Armand Guinle as Restaurant Manager
• Ferdy Mayne as First Detective
• Tristram Butt as Second Detective

Critical reception

The New York Times called it "a limp, tedious and transparent farce hardly worth all the strenuous histrionics and singing...One Night With You, in short, is a long, dull time";^[3] whereas, more recently, the Radio Times called it "An occasionally diverting British-made comedy, enlivened by a supporting cast that includes Bonar Colleano, Stanley Holloway and the soon-to-be great stage actress Irene Worth."^[4]

Box Office

The film earned producer's receipts of £53,700 in the UK and £9,500 overseas.^[1]

References

1. Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 354. Income is in terms of producer's share of receipts.
2. "One Night with You (1948)". BFI. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
3. W, A. (21 February 1949). "At the Symphony". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 October 2019 – via NYTimes.com.
4. "One Night with You - Film from RadioTimes".

External links

• One Night with You at IMDb