This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Great film fare with an all-star cast, each performer perfect for the role they were assigned in the film.A comic blend of a bunch of gamblers, led by Humphrey Bogart, who stumble on Nazi spies in New York planning sabotage throughout New York and elsewhere during World War 11.When the bakery owner of the cheesecake that Bogart loves to eat is murdered, his mother, Jane Darwell, has her suspicions and one thing leads to another in the discovery of the Nazi plot. Of course, along the way, Bogie is blamed for another killing and all murders are done by the usual diabolical Peter Lorre. As Nazi spies, Conrad Veidt and Judith Anderson are perfect for their roles, and that dress that Anderson wears shows once more her sinister ways. Ironically, though they weren't in scenes together, 2 years before this film, Darwell won the best supporting Oscar for a woman for "The Grapes of Wrath," besting Anderson for her memorable turn as Mrs. Danvers in the Oscar-winning film "Rebecca."Frank McHugh and William Demarest provide comic relief in this film as well as the fast-talking but tough Bogart. Karen Verne is the girl forced to work for the Nazis as her father is in Dachau.Even when the spy ring is exposed, the police have a hard time in believing Bogart even with Verne's back-up.

Broadway bookie Humphrey Bogart (as "Gloves" Donahue) is ticked when his favorite cheesecake, from "Miller's Home Bakery", isn't served at one of his favorite eateries. Investigating the matter leads the discerning taste-budded Mr. Bogart to discover his favorite baker has been shot dead by sneaky Peter Lorre (as Pepi). Now, Bogart is more than ticked. Hot on the trail, Bogart meets duplicitous songstress Kaaren Verne (as Leda Hamilton), who leads him to a New York City gang of Nazi sympathizers."All Through the Night" begins as a broad, Damon Runyon-stylized comedy. "Miller's" cheesecake is, of course, swiped from Mr. Runyon's "Mindy's" (by way of "Lindy's"). It's startling to see Bogart walk on-screen to join his henchmen - cantankerous William Demarest (as Sunshine) is bantering with jovial Jackie Gleason (as Starchy) as waiter Phil Silvers (as Louie) mediates. The soundtrack sometimes enters cartoon territory. Then, it gets deadly serious. The incongruence is amazing, the cast unique.***** All Through the Night (12/2/41) Vincent Sherman ~ Humphrey Bogart, Kaaren Verne, William Demarest, Peter Lorre

Great cast here-Bogie,Lorre, Veidt, Anderson, Phil Silvers(!) Jackie Gleason(!!) in early roles, character guys galore-Demarest, Frank Herbert, Barton Maclane, etc heck even the little bald hotel clerk, the chunky Santa like guy in the Auction audience and the varied Nazis all were in literally 100's of movies back when. You know'em all when you see'em.I saw this back to back w/ another similar propaganda flick from that era-Across the Pacific. Bogie nails the Nazis this time around, stopping a spy ring from blowing up a battle ship in NYC w/ a pack of dese, dem and dose type guys. You never Quite know how seriously to take this-what w/ the rather stereotyped Guido types on one hand and the Hitler salutes on the other. Much of this was tongue in cheek but noooooooot quite crossing into satire-land. There was a war on, after all.Couple of parts that make you cringe-the blonde gal is hit two or three times in the face, once for laughs(!) and they had a black valet shining Bogie's shoes and actually say, w/ a straight face-Things ain't as black as they seem-more or less. That-well it was hard to sit thru. You'd like to think they knew better.Do check it out though-it's (mostly) in fun and does move along quickly save for the last third, where it begins to wear out it's welcome. Bogie and Veidt esp. are worth the price of admission.*** outta ****

Investigating the murder of his cheesecake supplier, a sports promoter uncovers a Nazi spy ring in this tongue-in-cheek film that had the misfortune of being released the week of the Pearl Harbor bombing, when America was in no mood for a light-hearted movie about the Nazis. The film is quite amusing, thanks to the witty dialog and fast pace. Bogart is cool and playful as a shady character named "Gloves," and Demarest and McHugh provide most of the laughs as his sidekicks. Veidt, Lorre, and Anderson are appropriately vile as the Nazis. Of course Bogart, Veidt, and Lorre would reunite the following year for "Casablanca." Some of the scenes foreshadow "North by Northwest."