Chinatown at Midnight
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Genres Mystery, Crime Fiction Country United States | 6/10 IMDb Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date November 17, 1949 (1949-11-17) (U.S. theatrical) Writer Robert Libott (original screenplay), Frank Burt (original screenplay) Cast (Clifford Ward), (Alice), (Captain Howard Brown), Ray Walker (Sam Costa), (Fred Morgan), (Lisa Marcel (as Jacqueline DeWit))Similar movies Impact , The Whistler , Mysterious Intruder , The Final Alliance , Tokolosh , Rhino Tagline behind the scenes story... as detectives trap killer inside San Francisco's Chinatown at Midnight! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinatown at midnight 1949
Chinatown at Midnight (1949) is a film noir and police procedural starring Hurd Hatfield, Jean Willes and Tom Powers, and directed by Seymour Friedman.
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- Chinatown at midnight 1949
- Chinatown at midnight chinese telephone exchange
- Plot
- Cast
- Preservation status
- References
Chinatown at midnight chinese telephone exchange
Plot
After a jade vase is mentioned to him by Lisa Marcel, an interior designer, Clifford Ward steals it from a Chinatown shop. He shoots and kills shopkeeper Joe Wong, who triggered the burglar alarm, and when employee Betty Chang telephones for help, Ward shoots her as well.
Ward, fluent in Chinese, speaks to the police on the phone. Telephone operator Hazel Fong becomes the only hope police have of identifying the voice. Lisa sees a photo of the stolen vase in the newspaper and immediately suspects Ward, who then adds her to his murder victims. When he falls ill and phones a neighborhood pharmacy, the call is once again placed by Hazel, who recognizes his voice. Ward attempts to flee, but the police gun him down.
Cast
Plot
The SF Police Department pursues a serial killer on the loose in San Francisco's Chinatown.
Preservation status
In 2014, a pristine 35mm print of the film was struck from the Columbia Pictures archives and subsequently exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
References
Chinatown at Midnight WikipediaChinatown at Midnight IMDb Chinatown at Midnight themoviedb.org