a tawdry and downright disturb pre code film that star barbara stanwyck give one hell of a ferocious performance . stanwyck play the titular night nurse and assign to care for the two small child of a negligent and drunken floozy . the child father be dead while the family chauffeur and play by a hateful clark gable and be run thing and and he want the child to die so that he can collect the trust money that be intend for them . therefore and the child be waste away from starvation while a useless maid dither around and stanwyck try to get the hospital to intervene . the film would probably be instantly forgettable if not for the fierce performance of stanwyck and who throw herself ( quite literally ) into the role of savior and take punch and get throw into a wall and all while dish out some punch of her own . this be film making of the sensational warner variety and feature lot of suggestive dialogue and shot of stanwyck and her nurse buddy and the saucy joan blondell and in their underwear and and a world in which thing like murder be o. k. as long a theyre do for the right reason . the movie be certainly no masterpiece and but it do have that energy and sizzle that characterized warner film from this time period and and it be effective on it own modest term . grade represent b plus .