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
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Date at Midnight is a 1959 British crime film from the Danzigers. [1]

Contents

Plot

American journalist Bob Dillon (Paul Carpenter) 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

TV Guide called it "Competent, though no more." [2]

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References

  1. "Date at Midnight (1960)". Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.
  2. "Date At Midnight - TV Guide". TVGuide.com.