Half Past Midnight

Half Past Midnight
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Directed by	William F. Claxton
Written by	Arnold Belgard
Produced by	Sol M. Wurtzel
Starring	Kent Taylor Peggy Knudsen
Cinematography	Benjamin H. Kline
Edited by	Frank Baldridge
Music by	Darrell Calker
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	March 1948 (1948-03)
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Half Past Midnight is a 1948 American comedy murder mystery film. ^[1] It was William F. Claxton's first directed feature after eight years as a film editor.

Plot

Kent Taylor plays a man who meets a dancer in a nightclub. She's implicated in a killing, and he's drawn into escaping from the police with her through Chinatown as they seek the real murderer.

Cast

• Kent Taylor as Wade Hamilton
• Peggy Knudsen as Sally Ferris / Sally Parker
• Joe Sawyer as Detective Nash
• Walter Sande as Detective MacDonald
• Martin Kosleck as Cortez
• Mabel Paige as Hester Thornwall
• Gil Stratton as Chick Patrick
• Jean Wong as Blossom Gow
• Jane Everett as Carlotta Evans
• Damian O'Flynn as Murray Evans
• Richard Loo as Lee Gow
• Tom Dugan as Bus Tour Guide
• Jean De Briac as Nightclub Headwaiter
• Willie Best as Nightclub Janitor
• Victor Sen Yung as Hotel Porter

References

1. "Half Past Midnight". afi.com. Retrieved 2024-02-25.

External links

• Half Past Midnight at IMDb