Trouble at Midnight

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Trouble at Midnight
Trouble at Midnight poster.jpg
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Directed by Ford Beebe
Screenplay by Maurice Geraghty
Ford Beebe
Based onNight Patrol
by Kimball Herrick
Produced by Barney Sarecky
Starring Noah Beery Jr.
Kay Hughes
Larry J. Blake
Bernadene Hayes
Louis Mason
Earl Dwire
CinematographyJerome Ash
Edited by John Rawlins
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • October 17, 1937 (1937-10-17)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Trouble at Midnight is a 1937 American action film directed by Ford Beebe, written by Maurice Geraghty and Ford Beebe, and starring Noah Beery Jr., Kay Hughes, Larry J. Blake, Bernadene Hayes, Louis Mason and Earl Dwire. It was released on October 17, 1937, by Universal Pictures. [1] [2] [3]

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