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Night Waitress
“She knew how to handle men...until love taught one man how to handle her!”
64%
Movie
57m
AI Analysis
Night Waitress (1936) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Night Waitress (1936) — a movie tagged as Romance, Crime, and Drama with emotional moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: 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 a… Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~57 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Night Waitress 64% (4 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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from 4 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1936-12-18
- Runtime
- 57m
- TMDB rating
- 6.4
- TMDB ID
- 218563
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What is Night Waitress about?
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-ru... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Night Waitress?
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How long is the movie Night Waitress?
The official runtime for Night Waitress is approximately 57 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast

Margot Grahame
Helen Roberts

Gordon Jones
Martin Rhodes

Vinton Hayworth
George Skinner

Marc Lawrence
Dorn

Billy Gilbert
Torre

Don 'Red' Barry
Mario Rigo

Otto Yamaoka
Fong

Paul Stanton
District Attorney

Arthur Loft
Borgum

Walter Miller
Police Inspector

Ernie Adams
Diner Who Gets Indigestion

Willie Best
Black Pedestrian

Mozelle Britton
Waitress

Grace Cunard
Waitress

Frank Faylen
Policeman at Torre's
- J
Jerry Frank
Gangster

George Lloyd
Diner Discussing Helen's Past
- R
Richard Miller
Policeman
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