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Night Waitress

1936 · 57 min

A brisk, shadowy waterfront melodrama where romance and danger tangle, keeping you lightly on edge for its short run.

Tagline: She knew how to handle men...until love taught one man how to handle her!
Overview: Helen Roberts, who's on probation, goes back to work as a waitress at Torre's Fish Palace, a San Francisco waterfront dive. The customers are low characters trying to make time with Helen and ex-rum runners trying to make a dishonest dollar. Some of the latter, including Helen's unwelcome suitor Martin Rhodes, are after a mysterious, valuable hidden "cargo"; when violence erupts, Helen finds herself innocently involved, and is soon on the run from both cops and crooks.
How it feels: Tense, romantic, dark and cynical. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Crime, love, survival, deception
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
love
survival
deception
justice
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild