One Exciting Night

For the 1944 British film, see One Exciting Night (1944 film).

One Exciting Night
1922 lobby poster
Directed by	D. W. Griffith
Produced by	D. W. Griffith
Written by	D. W. Griffith (as Irene Sinclair)
Starring	Carol Dempster Henry Hull Morgan Wallace Margaret Dale Porter Strong
Cinematography	Irving B. Ruby Hendrik Sartov
Production company	D.W. Griffith Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	October 2, 1922 (1922-10-02)
Running time	128 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English intertitles

One Exciting Night is a 1922 American Gothic silent Mystery film directed by D. W. Griffith.^[1]

The plot revolves around the murder of a bootlegger and the attempts of the cast to uncover the true murderer. The film, inspired by the Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood play The Bat (1920), led to the production of similar "murder mystery/old dark house" films such as The Ghost Breaker (1922), previously filmed by C. B. DeMille in 1914, The Bat (1926) based on the play, Midnight Faces (1926), The Cat and the Canary (1927), The Old Dark House (1932) and even the fabled London After Midnight (1927) with Lon Chaney.^[2]

At the time of this film, Henry Hull was starring on Broadway in the stage version of John Willard's The Cat and the Canary.

Cast

This film received a brief release on VHS in the 1990s.^[3] In March 2014 the film was released on all-region DVD by Alpha Video.^[4]

Films directed by D. W. Griffith

1908–1913	Hundreds – see complete D. W. Griffith filmography

1914–1916	Waifs The Massacre Judith of Bethulia Battle of the Sexes (lost) Brute Force Home, Sweet Home The Escape (lost) The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' The Birth of a Nation A Day with Governor Whitman Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

1917–1919	A Liberty Bond Appeal (lost) Hearts of the World The Great Love (lost) Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (lost) The World of Columbus The Greatest Thing in Life (lost) A Romance of Happy Valley The Girl Who Stayed at Home Broken Blossoms True Heart Susie The Fall of Babylon The Mother and the Law Scarlet Days The Greatest Question

1920–1931	The Idol Dancer Remodeling Her Husband The Love Flower Way Down East Dream Street Orphans of the Storm One Exciting Night Mammy's Boy The White Rose America Isn't Life Wonderful Sally of the Sawdust That Royle Girl The Sorrows of Satan Topsy and Eva Drums of Love The Battle of the Sexes Lady of the Pavements Abraham Lincoln The Struggle

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