# Main Street After Dark > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Main_Street_After_Dark > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Main_Street_After_Dark.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Street_After_Dark > Source revision: 1339363019 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1945 film by Edward L. Cahn Main Street After Dark Theatrical release poster Directed by Edward L. Cahn Screenplay by John C. Higgins Karl Kamb Story by John C. Higgins Produced by Jerry Bresler Starring Edward Arnold Selena Royle Tom Trout Audrey Totter Dan Duryea Hume Cronyn Dorothy Morris Cinematography Jackson Rose Edited by Harry Komer Music by George Bassman Production company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release date January 12, 1945 (1945-01-12) Running time 57 minutes Country United States Language English ***Main Street After Dark*** is a 1945 American [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Edward L. Cahn](/source/Edward_L._Cahn) and written by [John C. Higgins](/source/John_C._Higgins) and Karl Kamb. The film stars [Edward Arnold](/source/Edward_Arnold_(actor)), [Selena Royle](/source/Selena_Royle), Tom Trout, [Audrey Totter](/source/Audrey_Totter), [Dan Duryea](/source/Dan_Duryea), [Hume Cronyn](/source/Hume_Cronyn) and [Dorothy Morris](/source/Dorothy_Morris). The film was released on January 12, 1945, by [Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer](/source/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer).[1][2] ## 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](/source/Edward_Arnold_(actor)) as Lt. Lorrigan - [Selena Royle](/source/Selena_Royle) as 'Ma' Abby Dibson - Tom Trout as Lefty Dibson - [Audrey Totter](/source/Audrey_Totter) as Jessie Belle Dibson - [Dan Duryea](/source/Dan_Duryea) as Posey Dibson - [Hume Cronyn](/source/Hume_Cronyn) as Keller - [Dorothy Morris](/source/Dorothy_Morris) as Rosalie Dibson ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Main Street After Dark (1945) - Overview - TCM.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211945/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1251/Main-Street-After-Dark/). *Turner Classic Movies*. Archived from [the original](https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1251/main-street-after-dark) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Main Street After Dark"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120313061057/http://movies.tvguide.com/main-street-after-dark/105306). *TV Guide*. Archived from [the original](https://movies.tvguide.com/main-street-after-dark/105306) on March 13, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2014. ## External links - [*Main Street After Dark*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037038/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [*Main Street After Dark*](https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1251/enwp) at the [TCM Movie Database](/source/Turner_Classic_Movies#TCMdb) (archived) - [*Main Street After Dark*](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/24054) at the *[AFI Catalog of Feature Films](/source/AFI_Catalog_of_Feature_Films)* v t e Films directed by Edward L. Cahn The Homicide Squad (1931) Law and Order (1932) Radio Patrol (1932) Afraid to Talk (1932) Emergency Call (1933) Laughter in Hell (1933) Death Drives Through (1935) Confidential (1935) Bad Guy (1937) Redhead (1941) The Omaha Trail (1942, uncredited) Main Street After Dark (1945) Dangerous Partners (1945) Born to Speed (1947) The Gas House Kids "in Hollywood" (1947) The Checkered Coat (1948) I Cheated the Law (1949) Prejudice (1949) The Great Plane Robbery (1950) Destination Murder (1950) Experiment Alcatraz (1950) Two-Dollar Bettor (1951) Creature with the Atom Brain (1955) Betrayed Women (1955) Silent Fear (1956) Girls in Prison (1956) The She-Creature (1956) Shake, Rattle & Rock! (1956) Runaway Daughters (1956) Flesh and the Spur (1957) Voodoo Woman (1957) Zombies of Mora Tau (1957) Dragstrip Girl (1957) Motorcycle Gang (1957) Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957) Jet Attack (1958) Suicide Battalion (1958) Curse of the Faceless Man (1958) It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) Hong Kong Confidential (1958) The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959) Guns, Girls and Gangsters (1959) Inside the Mafia (1959) Invisible Invaders (1959) Pier 5, Havana (1959) Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959) A Dog's Best Friend (1959) Vice Raid (1960) Cage of Evil (1960) Gunfighters of Abilene (1960) The Music Box Kid (1960) Noose for a Gunman (1960) Oklahoma Territory (1960) Three Came to Kill (1960) Twelve Hours to Kill (1960) The Walking Target (1960) Boy Who Caught a Crook (1961) Frontier Uprising (1961) Five Guns to Tombstone (1961) Police Dog Story (1961) Operation Bottleneck (1961) Gun Fight (1961) The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961) When the Clock Strikes (1961) You Have to Run Fast (1961) Secret of Deep Harbor (1961) Gun Street (1962) The Clown and the Kid (1962) Incident in an Alley (1962) Beauty and the Beast (1962) This article related to an American drama film of the 1940s is a stub. 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