'Remember the Night' has a mediocre first half, but really pulls it off in the second half. Screenplay by Preston Sturges, staring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred McMurry pre 'Double Indemnity'. He's a lawyer, she's a shoplifter he is prosecuting, feeling bad that she will be in prison over Christmas before the trail can resume, he pays her bail and ends up taking her to Indiana to spend Christmas with his family (which has to violate the law, crossing states lines, and eventually they even go into Canada). McMurry's family is charming, but on the way there they make a stop to visit Stanwycks estranged mom, and she completely explains why her character is the way she is. Parts of this are really well done and endearing, parts really aren't, I can see why Sturges decided he needed to start directing his own work. If you watch this be prepared for one of the most racist man servant characters you've ever seen. ***
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