Decision at Midnight

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Decision at Midnight
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Directed by Lewis Allen
Written byAlan Thornhill
Produced byLewis Allen
Scoville Wishard
Starring Martin Landau
Nora Swinburne
Walter Fitzgerald
Cinematography Harold Rosson
Edited by Harry Marker
Music by Paul Dunlap
Release date
1963
Running time
93 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
Language English

Decision at Midnight is a 1963 American-British drama film directed by Lewis Allen and starring Martin Landau, Nora Swinburne and Walter Fitzgerald. [1] It is also known by the alternative title of Music at Midnight.

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Plot

Adaptation of the play 'Music at Midnight', of an Iron Curtain country revolutionary leader who is inspired to talk over things with the dictator after the revolt has failed and come to a mutual arrangement. [2] ( BFI synopsis.)

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References

  1. Goble p.460
  2. "Decision at Midnight (1963)". BFI . Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2019.

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