one of barbara stanwyck best early starring film be night nurse which essentially be two separate story . the first be young barbara in training to be a nurse and team up with joan blondell and another would be nurse and in a typical joan blondell role . stanwyck be a bit more dedicated to the profession and but she learn from blondell how to take a more realistic attitude . the second part of the film concern stanwyck be assign a a private night nurse to some kid who be be slowly starve to death . something be really wrong when you see malnourished kid in a purportedly wealthy home . stanwyck suspect something amiss and she quite right . the doctor ralf harolde and the chauffeur clark gable be in cahoot in a murderous scheme . stanwyck put her own career on the line to bring some justice and compassion to her charge . in do so she have to step on some medical toe and question the ethic of who she work for . clark gable be loan out from mgm to play the murderous chauffeur and if he hadn not be discover a a new kind of tough lead man and he would have have a grand career a a character actor play all kind of thug who slug . and slug stanwyck he do and right on the kisser . stanwyck get some help from breezy bootlegger ben lyon who would soon be leave for the uk with his wife bebe daniel where he would have his best success . earlier in the film stanwyck kind of wink at the rule where lyon be concern and she make a friend who come in real handy when deal with gable and harolde . lyon be fine and but this seem to be a part jam cagney would have be perfect for . and cagney go up against gable would really have make this a classic .