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Language
  
English

Director
  
George Randol

Country
  
United States

Midnight Shadow movie poster

Release date
  
1939

Midnight Shadow is a 1939 film with an all African-American cast. It was directed and produced by George Randol, who was also African American.

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Midnight Shadow movie scenes A scene from Taken at Midnight Credit Manuel Harlan

Plot

The mind-reading Prince Alihabad courts a girl from Oklahomam played by Frances E. Redd. Her parents want to make her happy, but they do not like that Alihabad worships Allah. A killer is on the loose and locals fear that it might be Alihabad.

Cast

  • Frances Redd as Margaret Wilson
  • Buck Woods] as Lightfoot
  • Richard Bates as Jr. Lingley
  • Clinton Rosemond as Mr. Dan Wilson
  • Jesse Lee Brooks as Sergeant Ramsey
  • Edward Brandon] as Buster Barnett
  • Ollie Ann Robinson as Mrs. Emma Wilson
  • John Criner as Prince Alihabad
  • Pete Webster as John Mason
  • Ruby Dandridge as Mrs. Lingley
  • Napoleon Simpson as Mr. Ernest Lingley

    • Book coverage

    The film was briefly discussed in terms of plot and as an African-American production in the books Hollywood Be Thy Name: African American Religion in American Film, 1929-1949 and Whispered Consolations: Law and Narrative in African American Life.

    References

    Midnight Shadow Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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