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The Night Mayor

The Night Mayor

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  • Cast
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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 18, 1932

Runtime

1h 5m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

The Night Mayor

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Director

Benjamin Stoloff

Description

Opportunistic film seeking to capitalize on a scandal in New York mayor Jimmy Walker's office before his name was out of the newspapers. Tracy plays a mayor who has a penchant for the night life, sports, the theater, and an actress, Knapp. When scandal rocks his administration, Tracy has his girl friend marry Dillaway, a writer friend, so that the press will leave him alone.