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							CastCarole LombardAnne ShirleyBrian Aherne
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							Release Date1940
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							MPAA RatingApproved
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							LanguageEnglish
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							IMDB Rating6.7 (1,044)
 
				                In Great Britain, ''Vigil in the Night'' nurse Anne Lee (Carole Lombard) takes the blame for a fatal error made by her sister Lucy (Anne Shirley (actress)), also a nurse, and is forced to leave the hospital where they both work. She moves to a large city where she procures a job at another hospital and falls in love with Dr. Robert Prescott (Brian Aherne). Overcoming obstacles and personal tragedy along the way, Anne and Prescott work together to bring about better conditions for the care of the sick as well as fighting a smallpox epidemic which threatens to overwhelm all those around them.
Vigil in the Night is a 1940 drama. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 6.7.
