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Murder at Midnight (1931 film)

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Director
  
Genre
  
Mystery

Language
  
English

5.8/10
IMDb

Cinematography
  
Duration
  

Country
  
USA

Murder at Midnight (1931 film) movie poster

Writer
  
Scott Darling
,
Scott Darling
,
Frank R. Strayer

Release date
  
September 1, 1931

Cast
  
(Esme Kennedy), (Millie Scripps), (Phillip Montrose),
Robert Elliott
(Inspector Taylor), (Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy), (Lawrence)

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Murder at midnight 1931 mystery


Murder at Midnight is a 1931 American Pre-Code murder mystery whodunit directed by Frank R. Strayer.

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Plot summary

A murder during a game of charades at a society party leads the police to begin the hunt through the guest-list for a motive and culprit, involving a changed will and booby-trapped telephones. The killer strikes several more times in an attempt to conceal their identity, until all is revealed.

Cast

  • Aileen Pringle as Esme Kennedy
  • Alice White as Millie Scripps
  • Hale Hamilton as Phillip Montrose
  • Robert Elliott as Inspector Taylor
  • Clara Blandick as Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy
  • Brandon Hurst as Lawrence
  • Leslie Fenton as Walter Grayson
  • William Humphrey as Colton
  • Tyrell Davis as The Englishman
  • Kenneth Thomson as Jim Kennedy
  • Robert Ellis as Duncan Channing
  • Post production

    Footage from the film was re-used in The Mirror Crack'd (1980).

    Preservation status

  • A print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation. A working/alternative title is The Monster Kills.
  • References

    Murder at Midnight (1931 film) Wikipedia
    Murder at Midnight (1931 film) IMDb Murder at Midnight (1931 film) themoviedb.org


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