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Lora Hart applies to train as a nurse and is turned away by Miss Dillon, the nursing superintendent, for lacking a high school diploma, until a chance meeting with Dr. Bell, the hospital's chief of staff, wins her a place. She rooms with fellow trainee Maloney, and the two are put on the emergency room night shift after breaking curfew. There Lora treats Mortie, a bootlegger with a gunshot wound, and keeps quiet about it when he explains who shot him. When the training ends, Maloney finds Lora a private night post with two young Ritchey girls, Desney and Nanny. Their mother, Mrs. Ritchey, drinks through a round of parties and dotes on her chauffeur, Nick, a name that makes the girls cry.
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- Bob Perryas Mortie's Pal (uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Night Nurse (1931)
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- Turner Classic Movies' Robert Osborne said the chauffeur Nick was originally intended for James Cagney, but his success in The Public Enemy prevented him from taking a supporting role, which opened the way for Clark Gable.
- William A. Wellman's Night Nurse, together with his hyperviolent The Public Enemy, was often cited in the creation of Hollywood's self-censoring Production Code.
