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Director
  
Frank R. Strayer

Genre
  
Mystery

Language
  
English

5.8/10
IMDb

Cinematography
  
William Rees

Duration
  

Country
  
USA

Murder at Midnight (1931 film) movie poster

Writer
  
Scott Darling
,
Scott Darling
,
Frank R. Strayer

Release date
  
September 1, 1931

Cast
  
Aileen Pringle
(Esme Kennedy),
Alice White
(Millie Scripps),
Hale Hamilton
(Phillip Montrose),
Robert Elliott
(Inspector Taylor),
Clara Blandick
(Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy),
Brandon Hurst
(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
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    Murder at Midnight (1931 film) IMDb Murder at Midnight (1931 film) themoviedb.org