we watch people board a bus and circa 1944/45/46 . a man be seat in the back quietly and when a soldier sit down next to him . for what must represent at least an hour or two of travel the soldier be just jabber away and while the man next to him be . well trapped and hop this clown will just move away and leave the bus and or shut up . finally they be the last two on the bus when they reach a stop . the soldier say it his stop and pick up his duffel bag and say good bye to the man and pull out a gun with a silencer and and shoot him . he then pull a large package out of the dead man pocket and put it into his duffel bag and and leave the bus . and our movie of the week begin . goodnight and my love be a valentine to the film noir of the 1940s and 1950s . barbara bain be the woman who go to the private eye office of richard boone . she be look for her brother and who be miss . soon it turn out this miss man be the soldier in the opening of the film . but the identity of the dead man be learn too it be a courier carry paper concern the nightclub run by vicor buono . boone job be to find the miss man and but also to find out why the courier be hit . and there some people who appear not to want boone to find any of this out . but from the start the film be goofy . boone partner one hesitate to call him his mile archer be diminutive and but great actor michael dunn . their firm be not do so hot and which may explain bain hire them . but soon dunn height show it usefulness . somebody knock at the firm door and and dunn go to answer and six bullet be pump through the door center ( which would have kill a regular sized man answer and but happen to pass over a surprised dunn head ) . unlike bogart in maltese falcon and bain be no mary astor . in fact she remain consistently business like regard why she hire boone ( much to his dismay ) . the obvious villain and of course and be victor buono a julius limeway and a definite part in homage to the great sidney greenstreet . buono be always see at his nightclub and usually din . he wear white tuxedo all the time . dunn and get feed up with buono sinister air and lecture him before leave that if he be go to wear white and he should not eat dish with tomato sauce . dunn and boone leave the scene to buono and last see dip his napkin into a water glass and rub his suit lapel very heavily . it be a different and welcome television movie and and one hop it will show up again some time .