The Man at Midnight

The Man at Midnight
The Man at Midnight
Directed by	Harry Lachman
Written by	Walter Ellis (play)); Jean Guitton ;
Produced by	Manuel Chavez
Starring	Jean Weber ; Josseline Gaël ; Marcel Simon ;
Cinematography	Rudolph Maté ; Jacques Montéran ; Gérard Perrin ;
Music by	René Mercier
Production; company	Films Albatros
Distributed by	Les Films Armor
Release date	17 August 1931;
Running time	95 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Last updated March 04, 2026

The Man at Midnight (French: Le Monsieur de minuit) is a 1931 French comedy film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Jean Weber,^[1] Josseline Gaël and Marcel Simon.^[2] It was the French-language version of the British film Almost a Honeymoon .^[3]

Cast

Jean Weber as Raoul de Saint-Auban
Josseline Gaël as Arlette
Marcel Simon as Jean
Jules Moy as Isaac Dupont
Odette Talazac as Poupette
Jean Gobet as Durand-Toucourt
Jean Guilton as the driver
Louis Vonelly as the man
Manzoni as the singer
Stephen Weber as the café-concert singer
Léon Courtois as the usher

Reception

Cinémagazine found it was "a charming comedy."^[5]

References

↑ Agency, Hands. "Jean Weber". Jean Weber (in French). Retrieved 16 March 2025.
↑ Cook p.514
↑ Couderc, Jean-Jacques (13 April 2015). Les petits maîtres du burlesque américain, 1902-1929 (in French). CNRS Éditions via OpenEdition. ISBN 978-2-271-07853-7.
↑ Choukroun, Jacques (2007). Comment le parlant a sauvé le cinéma français: une histoire économique, 1928-1939 (in French). Association française de recherche sur l'histoire du cinéma. ISBN 978-2-913787-59-9.
↑ Cinémagazine (in French). 1931.

Bibliography

Cook, Samantha. Writers and production artists. St James Press, 1993.

External links

The Man at Midnight at IMDb

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[1] Agency, Hands. "Jean Weber". Jean Weber (in French). Retrieved 16 March 2025.

[2] Cook p.514

[3] Couderc, Jean-Jacques (13 April 2015). Les petits maîtres du burlesque américain, 1902-1929 (in French). CNRS Éditions via OpenEdition. ISBN 978-2-271-07853-7.

[4] Choukroun, Jacques (2007). Comment le parlant a sauvé le cinéma français: une histoire économique, 1928-1939 (in French). Association française de recherche sur l'histoire du cinéma. ISBN 978-2-913787-59-9.

[5] Cinémagazine (in French). 1931.

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