Hot Summer Night

IMDb link: 0050524
IMDb rating: 6.1 (491 votes)
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Director: David Friedkin
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Jay C. Flippen, Edward Andrews, Colleen Miller and others

Release date: 30 May 1957
Release year: 1957
Runtime: 86 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: newspaper reporter, melodrama, based on story, feature film directorial debut, jazz music, gangster crime, newlywed couple, ransom, small town life, ambition

Plot:

A big-city reporter between jobs is traveling with his wife through a small Ozarks town and gets a lead on a bank robbery. He tracks down the brutal gang that committed the robbery, only to discover that they are something of a source of pride to the locals. His hopes of getting back into the big time with this story are dashed when his "interview" with the gang leader goes awry and he gets taken hostage.

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