Night Nurse (1931 film)

Night Nurse is a 1931 American PreCode crime drama and mystery film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by William A. Wellman. The film stars Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell, Clark Gable and Vera Lewis. It was based on the 1930 novel of the same name, written by Grace Perkins, later Mrs. Fulton Oursler under the pen name Dora Macy.

After she passes her training, Lora is hired for private duty, looking after two sick children, Desney and Nanny Ritchie Betty Jane Graham and Marcia Mae Jones. She moves into the Ritchie mansion, where there is always a party going on. The childrens socialite mother, Mrs Ritchie, lives in an alcoholic stupor, infatuated with the brutish chauffeur Nick Clark Gable. When a drunken guest tries to molest Lora, Nick knocks him out. Then, when Lora turns down his demand that she pump out the stomach of a very drunk Mrs. Ritchie, he knocks Lora out and removes her to her room.The Ritchie family physician is society doctor and apparent drug addict Dr. Milton Ranger Ralf Harolde. Lora becomes alarmed by Dr. Rangers treatment for the children, because she sees that they are being slowly starved to death. But she is unable to get anybody to take her seriously. She quits and takes her suspicions to Dr. Bell. He is initially reluctant to interfere with another doctors patients, but eventually advises her to return to her job so she can gather evidence. She persuades Dr. Ranger to take her back. ........

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