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What is the story of Remember the Night?
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Directed by Mitchell Leisen and featuring a script by Preston Sturges, Remember the Night (1940) is a romantic comedy centered on a recidivist shoplifter, played by Barbara Stanwyck, who is apprehended during the Christmas season.
A softhearted prosecutor, portrayed by Fred MacMurray, takes the woman home to his family in Indiana during the courtās holiday recess. While spending the holiday with his family, the two characters eventually fall in love.1