Night World

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Drama

"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's star dancer falls in love with a young socialite who drinks to forget a personal tragedy, among other incidents.

Released: May 4, 1932

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Lew Ayres

Michael Rand

Mae Clarke

Ruth Taylor

Boris Karloff

'Happy' MacDonald

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