On The Night Of The Fire

[@christinemartin63]

I so enjoy watching Ralph Richardson--in anything! Terrific story. Thanks for posting.

[@MeriScrapper13]

Actress Glynis Johns was only 16 in this movie. As of this writing she's still alive and will be 100 years old in October ☺

[@robertwalker5521]

No...she expired a while back

[@deedeequast9148]

What character is Glynis Johns playing here, or are you thinking of a different movie ("South Riding")?

[@christineh4427]

@@deedeequast9148 She plays the part of 16yr old Mary a sort of maid/home help.

[@deedeequast9148]

@@christineh4427 Thanks! Wonderful film.

[@stephenwalls1]

@@robertwalker5521 Still alive.

[@tinapeters5725]

An excellent film, a study of humans and how they react to life, it's trails and tribulations. Outstanding acting, nothing can beat the British films . Thank you for posting

[@musicalme27]

*trials*

[@miapdx503]

I love old British films. Thank you for this 🌹

[@lolee1234]

Loved Ralph Richardson in The Fallen Idol. Looking forward to seeing him in this one.

[@VenusEnrique57]

This was a really good movie. I usually stay away from 1940 - 1946 years because I don't like war movies. This was not a war movie (no hint of the war to come). However, it was a movie about people dealing with every day life in the midst of poverty. Very interesting from a socio-economic perspective. You rarely see this side of the "ruling class" from this perspective. Notwithstanding this interesting point-of-view, this was a good suspense in the Alfred Hitchcock way. "What would an every day regular person do in a not so every day moral dilemma?" No bells and whistles, yet emotional but not syrupy. A good one to watch. Enjoy. peace

[@jmontarsi]

Glyniss John's second film. She turns 100 this year (2023). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynis_Johns

[@keithharvey7230]

Glynis,that voice and eyes.

[@07regia]

Music by Miklos Rosza when he was still working in England before the war.

[@rwolfson1935]

Many thanks for uploading a fine film.

[@timbenjamin5391]

Really great thank you for providing some quality acting and entertainment and for a change minus all the gizmos of today's offerings hopefully there are more such films and British out there and thank you KZbin you did not cut into this one!

[@adrianovasconcelos2739]

Great fim noir in the British tradition, made all the more effective by Richardson's understated performance. Thank you for sharing

[@johnwaller2886]

Ralph Richardson smoking a pipe & on a squeeze box-Pure class!!!

[@stevelewis7263]

Mad Lizzie reminds me of my wife on a Saturday night

[@jmontarsi]

🤣😂

[@EliteNordicGarrison]

I used to go to Newcastle quayside market as a kid in the 70s, what a bizarre experience seeing it in a film

[@da90sReAlvloc]

@ garrison of the north other films set in Newcastle Payroll, The clouded yellow, Get carter , Stormy Monday And now this new breed of criminal movie I keep seeing trailers for

[@EliteNordicGarrison]

Thank you, I will watch as many as I can find, Get Carter I will watch again all day long

[@jonshuba3137]

Very interesting film. Ralph Richardson was usually a "good guy" or a figure of moral authority. Quite unexpected to see him playing a villain, albeit a tragic one. Just shows that great actors can do anything.

[@hilaryc3203]

He was very evil in Things to Come. If you've not seen that film, I recommend it.

[@robertdesantis6205]

"The Silver Fleet" is a great one. He plays a good guy in it.

[@kingbolo4579]

He had trouble with Macbeth, from what I've heard.

[@mortalclown3812]

He's got that tabula rasa quality with impeccable chops. Heh I used to have the biggest crush on him... when I was but a lass. 💓😊

[@missmaggie2620]

I think he was more wicked than good. He was brilliant as the father in the movie "The Heiress" with Olivia de Havilland as his daughter.

[@autumnleaves2766]

Interesting that it was set in my nearest big city, Newcastle, but there were no Geordie accents to be heard. We could call it an early British film noir. One man makes a mistake and it sets in motion a chain of events which lead to the disastrous ending. Always interesting to see what pre WW2 Britain looked like. Glynis Johns is still alive aged 99.

[@andywinger4197]

I don't like many pre-war movies but this one was really good. It was interesting seeing how people of a small town people interact. I tend to prefer the British film noir movies. Spoiler alert 41 minutes. "Well robbery wasn't the motive this time." He should have grabbed a bunch of cash to make sure they thought robbery was the motive.

[@christopherward5065]

Great storytelling. Tense and entertaining.

[@lechat8533]

Very good movie. Well-made products and good quality are timeless. Yes, terrible things can happen to good people, and nobody is immune to that. One mistake... and your life will change forever. Pointing fingers is one of the worst features of those who love to do it. Kobling could have been innocent, and still, the outcome would have been the same. Thank you very much for this interesting drama.

[@mortalclown3812]

Wow Glynis John is 99 ~ just looked her up to see about her. Wonderful actor.

[@keithharvey7230]

Votes for women Mary Poppins.

[@kimmccabe1422]

An oldie but a goodie. Still it went on and on, the hunt..

[@anacamusso7468]

impresionante. Y la filmó Günther Krampf, un genio austríaco que se radicó en Inglaterra.

[@Axgoodofdunemaul]

Good movie, a prototypical film noir: ordinary guy acts on impulse, and his whole world collapses on his head.

[@geridayao8924]

A good choice to digitalize this, any Richardson film rather.

[@BikeVermont71]

1939 movie, Kobling a German name, a scene like Kristalnacht. Am I reading too much into this movie? Richardson has become my favorite English actor, even my favorite Englishman. He could have played a fine Dobbin in Vanity Fair.

[@thomastarwater2989]

Also known as THE FUGITIVE, and released under that title by Universal in 1940.

[@stevengrotte2987]

I REALLY LIKE BRITISH FILMS FROM ABOUT THE MID 30'S TO ABOUT THE MID 70'S EXCEPT FOR HORROR.

[@camiemengineer]

Apart from Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee ones?

[@keithharvey7230]

Sara Allgood was the mother in How green was my valley.

[@guardiapretoriana486]

introvabile. Complimenti

[@Kidraver555]

The wage's of sin, the timeless plot.

[@mikebennett3812]

A very good film but this is an almost unwatchable print - There are much better copies freely available.

[@kimmccabe1422]

A phone video from a laptop video? But I watched and enjoyed. An oldie but a goodie!

[@davidcopperfield-notthemag397]

Looks fine to me...

[@giuseppebua426]

Naturalmente augurissimi 😃👍

[@TiddlyBlinx]

On the Night of the Fire (1939 ) A barber gives in to temptation and commits a theft, stealing some money from another shopkeeper, which leads to his involvement in blackmail and murder.

[@gabbysch2625]

Moral of the story: don't live in a small town. Lol

[@maxinejarrett7077]

Some great acting and photography in this film but you'd never know it was set in Newcastle.

[@kittyblak393]

Omg, great movie, just not the ending I was hoping for , 👍 😞

[@SS08947]

Nothing on TV in 1939..anything happens in the street and 100 people are there immediately, fully dressed day or night, to watch.

[@peterwarren6418]

Shame its poor picture, great film

[@peterwarren6418]

I like the 'pie on table' bit, basically said it all

[@EdelweisSusie]

Yet another murderer who 'does the deed' then leaves his fingerprints everywhere!!! It's really beyond a joke. What a drippy wife.

[@johnshields6852]

Black and white, steamer ships, hats, everybody wears hats back then and overcoats, it must've been 45° all the time.

[@laurelvanhouten7924]

A sad movie that kept my attention

[@dianacox1310]

The direction is superb and feels ahead of its time. Some wonderful character parts. It's a pity the print is so bad.

[@JYRIVIRMA]

print's fine, gives the feel of history to me

[@johntydee6367]

If you're going to steal new consecutively numbered notes you need to visit the racetrack (then).

[@deevine1818]

@@robertdesantis6205 The world is cursed and there’s no escape when even the very definition of meek fall.

[@LydellFisk]

aka The Fugitive.

[@Ubique2927]

Surely even then he could have done the cops for harassment and libel.

[@duantorruellas716]

I thought that gong at the start was the rank organization , what the hell is this general films .

[@allenfitzpatrickactor]

General Film Distributors (GFD) was later known as J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors. (I've virtually never seen a film that was preceded by the gong that I didn't end up loving.)

[@duantorruellas716]

@@allenfitzpatrickactor Thank you for the Intel my friend. Now it makes sense . For a minute I thought I was have the Mandela effect hahaha. And I agree , Rank organization was a symbol of prestige and like hammer never disappointed.

[@serratograffiti]

The baby should not have disappeared .

[@robinmead5826]

Can't for the life of me remember the leading actress or the name of the woman playing the actress? Can anyone help me out? Lovely movie. Thank you so much for airing it.

[@ericfry5759]

Check out the actress MARY CLARE . 1892 -1970 .

[@robinmead5826]

@@ericfry5759 Thank you!! I could place her features but not her name.

[@keithharvey7230]

​@@ericfry5759The Lady Vanishes

[@stevengrotte2987]

I THINK I HAVE SEEN THIS ONE BEFORE----WILL CONTINUE, AT LEAST, UNTIL I AM SURE, I LIKE SIR RALPH RICHARDSON, I DON'T RECOGNIZE THE ACTRESS WHO PLAYED HIS WIFE---YET.

[@mailrackmaRY]

ive no clue whst is going on in this one

[@captainbart]

A barber gives in to temptation and commits a theft, stealing some money from another shopkeeper, which leads to his involvement in blackmail and murder.

[@kennethfox1586]

Thanks

[@patriciapiper6294]

Thanks Capt.

[@marlene-rr2ih]

23456

[@lorigreenberg4797]

Impossible to watch too blurry.

[@davidm8930]

The trick is to watch in a darkened room, with the curtains drawn. No problem at all then.

[@JYRIVIRMA]

absolut fantasti, the story and the characters,

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Translate to English

[@cheryldevine42]

Just select closed captions and you can read it. Thats what I did.

[@steplumpkin5432]

THANKS,8MILL. UPLOADER!!!!!!!