Midnight Club (film)

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Midnight Club
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Directed by
Screenplay by
Based onGangster's Glory
by E. Phillips Oppenheim [1]
Produced by Bayard Veiller
Starring
Cinematography Theodor Sparkuhl
Edited by Eda Warren
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • July 29, 1933 (1933-07-29)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Midnight Club is a 1933 American pre-Code crime drama film about a gang of London jewel thieves infiltrated by an undercover agent (George Raft). The film was directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes. [2] [3] Produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures it is based on the 1931 short story Gangster's Glory by E. Phillips Oppenheim.

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Plot

A successful gang of jewel thieves are operating out a London nightclub, using doubles to take their places in the nightspot while they are out committing crimes. The police commissioner calls in American detective Nick Mason to infiltrate the gang.

Cast

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References

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