Main Street After Dark

{{short description|1945 film by Edward L. Cahn}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Main Street After Dark | image = Main Street After Dark poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Edward L. Cahn]] | producer = [[Jerry Bresler (film producer)|Jerry Bresler]] | screenplay = [[John C. Higgins]] Karl Kamb | story = John C. Higgins | starring = [[Edward Arnold (actor)|Edward Arnold]] [[Selena Royle]] Tom Trout [[Audrey Totter]] [[Dan Duryea]] [[Hume Cronyn]] [[Dorothy Morris]] | music = [[George Bassman]] | cinematography = [[Jackson Rose]] | editing = Harry Komer | studio = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] | distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | released = {{Film date|1945|1|12}} | runtime = 57 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Main Street After Dark''''' is a 1945 American [[drama film]] directed by [[Edward L. Cahn]] and written by [[John C. Higgins]] and Karl Kamb. The film stars [[Edward Arnold (actor)|Edward Arnold]], [[Selena Royle]], Tom Trout, [[Audrey Totter]], [[Dan Duryea]], [[Hume Cronyn]] and [[Dorothy Morris]]. The film was released on January 12, 1945, by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1251/main-street-after-dark|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211945/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1251/Main-Street-After-Dark/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2016|title=Main Street After Dark (1945) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=30 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/main-street-after-dark/105306|title=Main Street After Dark|work=TV Guide|accessdate=30 November 2014|archive-date=13 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313061057/http://movies.tvguide.com/main-street-after-dark/105306|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Plot== Lt. Lorrigan has his hands full with the Dibson criminal family. Ma Dibson's thieving son Lefty is about to get out of prison. Her daughter Rosalie and Lefty's wife Jessie Belle pick up military servicemen in bars and steal from them.

Lorrigan keeps an eye on all. He frisks Lefty's brother Posey, warning the Dibsons to keep out of trouble. Lefty immediately plans to rob McBain, owner of the bar where Rosalie and Jessie Belle fleece the servicemen.

Using guns from pawnbroker Keller, expressly against Ma's wishes, Lefty falls into Lt. Lorrigan's trap, with undercover cops disguised as soldiers. In the struggle, Posey is accidentally shot. Lefty, Ma and the girls are all placed under arrest.

==Cast== * [[Edward Arnold (actor)|Edward Arnold]] as Lt. Lorrigan * [[Selena Royle]] as 'Ma' Abby Dibson * Tom Trout as Lefty Dibson * [[Audrey Totter]] as Jessie Belle Dibson * [[Dan Duryea]] as Posey Dibson * [[Hume Cronyn]] as Keller * [[Dorothy Morris]] as Rosalie Dibson

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0037038}} * {{TCMDb title|1251}} * {{AFI film|24054}}

[[Category:1945 films]] [[Category:1945 English-language films]] [[Category:American drama films]] [[Category:1945 drama films]] [[Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films]] [[Category:Films directed by Edward L. Cahn]] [[Category:American black-and-white films]] [[Category:1945 American films]] [[Category:English-language drama films]]