{"id":40633,"date":"2025-12-02T07:39:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=40633"},"modified":"2025-12-02T07:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:43:07","slug":"the-wagons-roll-at-night-1941-starring-humphrey-bogart-sylvia-sidney-eddie-albert-and-joan-leslie-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=40633","title":{"rendered":"“The Wagons Roll at Night” (1941) starring Humphrey Bogart, Sylvia Sidney, Eddie Albert and Joan Leslie \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Wagons Roll at Night <\/strong><\/em>(1941)<\/p>\n

Director: Ray Enright<\/strong><\/p>\n

Screenplay: Fred Niblo Jr., Barry Trivers\u00a0<\/strong>based on Kid Galahad<\/em> by Francis Wallace<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Sylvia Sidney, Eddie Albert, Joan Leslie, Sig Ruman, Frank Wilcox, John Ridgely, Clara Blandick, Aldrich Bowker <\/strong>and Garry Owen.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tagline:\u00a0 FOR THE MILLIONS WHO CHEERED “THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT”!<\/i><\/p>\n

The Plot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nick Coster is trying to hold his combination circus\/fair together.\u00a0 It’s not an easy life.\u00a0 Caesar, one of his lions is getting meaner by the day.\u00a0 To make matters worse his lion tamer is an alcoholic whose drinking is getting worse.\u00a0 Add in the day to day troubles and Nick is just keeping his head above water.<\/p>\n

The circus had just arrived at the outskirts of another city when Caesar escaped.\u00a0 Nick gets word and heads into town.\u00a0 He fears the worst — that he will have to out down Caesar because the lion killed someone.<\/p>\n

To Nick’s great surprise, a young shopkeeper named Matt Varney has trapped Caesar in his store.\u00a0 Matt used a chair to direct the beast into a corner and then barricaded it.\u00a0 Word spreads quickly that Matt Varney tamed the lion!<\/p>\n

As his crew captures Caesar, Nick sees a way to cash in.\u00a0 Word will spread about the handsome young man who tamed Caesar, the King of Beasts!\u00a0 Nick offers Matt a job.\u00a0 Matt is hesitant.\u00a0 He was afraid of Caesar, but did what needed to be done.\u00a0 Nick says that he will have his lion tamer train Matt and promises to bring Matt along slowly.\u00a0 Matt agrees.<\/p>\n

The publicity works.\u00a0 People from city to city come in droves to see the brave young man.\u00a0 Although the old lion tamer does most of the work, the crowd is happy to see Nick in his limited role.\u00a0 Nick is happy to keep his word and not push Matt to do more than he’s ready for.<\/p>\n

That all changes when Matt falls in love with Nick’s sister.\u00a0 Matt doesn’t want her to have anything to do with circus people.\u00a0 When Matt refuses to stop seeing Nick’s sister, Nick begins to push Matt to take more of a role in the lion cage.\u00a0 Caesar is getting worse and Matt’s not ready.<\/p>\n

Welcome to the big top!\u00a0 The show’s about to start!<\/p>\n

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Wagons Roll at Night<\/em> is considered to be the first “A” film to star Humphrey Bogart.<\/p>\n

If you only know Sylvia Sidney as Juno, the overworked, cynical chain-smoking and very dead caseworker in the afterlife that she played Beetlejuice<\/em> you’re in for a treat.<\/p>\n

The Wagons Roll at Night <\/strong><\/em>(1941) rates 3 of 5 stars.<\/p>\n

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