Date at Midnight

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Date at Midnight
Directed by Godfrey Grayson
Written byMark Grantham (original story)
Produced by Edward J. Danziger
Harry Lee Danziger
Starring Paul Carpenter
Jean Aubrey
Cinematography Jimmy Wilson
Edited by Desmond Saunders
Music by Tony Crombie
Production
companies
Danziger Productions Ltd
New Elstree Studios
Distributed by Paramount British Pictures (UK)
Release date
  • 1959 (1959)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Date at Midnight is a 1959 British crime film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Paul Carpenter and Jean Aubrey. [1] [2] It was written by Brian Clemens and Eldon Howard and produced by The Danzigers.

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Plot

American journalist Bob Dillon arrives in England and finds himself helping to solve a murder involving the nephew of a lawyer, who has been wrongly accused.

Cast

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Theatrical, confected and cliché-ridden, this pocket crime mystery has not even the benefit of acceptable performance and presentation." [3]

Kine Weekly wrote: "The cast and director eagerly tackle the slightly confected script and neatly side-step cliches without disrupting continuity. Punchy and just right for size, it should satisfy audiences of both sexes. ... The picture unfolds smoothly and introduces a number of live red herrings before arriving at its somewhat theatrical, but nevertheless showmanlike, climax. Jean Aubrey is a cute Paula, Paul Carpenter registers as go-getter Bob, Harriette Johns exercises commendable restraint as the inhibited Lady Leyton, John Charlesworth invites sympathy as Tommy, and Ralph Michael is a dignified Sir Edward. Romance between Paula and Bob furnishes agreeable comedy relief, as well as feminine interest, its dialogue is crisp and the staging meets all demands." [4]

TV Guide called it "Competent, though no more." [5] [ permanent dead link ]

References

  1. ↑ "Date at Midnight". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Date at Midnight (1960)". Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Date at Midnight". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 27 (312): 36. 1 January 1960. ProQuest   1305826003.
  4. ↑ "Date at Midnight". Kine Weekly . 513 (2731): 30. 4 February 1960. ProQuest   2859064684.
  5. ↑ "Date At Midnight – TV Guide". TVGuide.com.


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