Women in the Night

Women in the Night
Virginia Christine in the film
Directed byWilliam Rowland
Written byGyles Adams
Louis K. Ansell
Maude Emily Glass
Arthur V. Jones
Screenplay byRobert St. Claire
Edwin V. Westrate
Ali Ipar
Story byWilliam Rowland
Produced byJoseph C. Ansell
Louis K. Ansell
StarringSee below
CinematographyJosé Ortiz Ramos
Eugen Schüfftan
Edited byDan Milner
Music byRaúl Lavista
Distributed byFilm Classics, Inc
Release date
  • January 2, 1948 (1948-01-02)
Running time
92 minutes (cut version)
98 minutes (UK restored version)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
French

Women in the Night is a 1948 American film directed by William Rowland shot in Mexico. The film is also known as When Men Are Beasts. The film depicts activities of German and Japanese who wish revenge on the Allies with a cosmic ray weapon.[1]

Plot

The film is set in 1945 after the defeat of Germany in World War II, the film tells the story of an international group of women being held prisoners in a Shanghai hospital that is also an officers' club for the German military. The Allied Forces are still at war with Japan, the a German officer at the hospital/officer's club awaits a cosmic ray weapon from Japanese scientists which is a hundred times more powerful than an atomic bomb.[1]

Location

The film was set in Shanghai, China at the end of World War II and was filmed at the Playa Ensenada Hotel in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.[1]

Cast

Home media

The film was released on DVD April 19, 2005.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Women in the Night (1947)". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
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