| Night Ride | |
| Director: | John Paddy Carstairs |
| Producer: | Anthony Havelock-Allan |
| Based On: | the story by Julian Vedey |
| Cinematography: | Desmond Dickinson |
| Editing: | Lister Laurance |
| Studio: | British and Dominions |
| Distributor: | Paramount British Pictures |
| Runtime: | 69 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
Night Ride is a 1937 black and white British drama film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Julian Vedey, Wally Patch and Jimmy Hanley.[1]
Young truck driver Dick Benson and his friend Alf Higgins set up their own haulage company with the financial backing of Tony Spinelli, an Italian restaurant owner. However, their former boss Arthur Wilson, concerned about the competition, uses underhand methods to try and sabotage the enterprise. Wilson sends his attractive daughter Ruth to seduce Dick, and a group of thugs to work over their trucks. Wilson very nearly succeeds, but Dick and the truckers make a success of themselves by rescuing miners trapped in a flooded mine.
The film was made at Pinewood Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold.[3]
In British Sound Films, David Quinlan considers the film a "saggy drama".[4]
Leslie Halliwell called it a "brisk action programmer".[5]