Date at Midnight
1959 British film by Godfrey Grayson
- 1959 (1959)
Date at Midnight is a 1959 British crime film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Paul Carpenter and Jean Aubrey.[1][2] It was written by Brian Clemens and Eldon Howard and produced by The Danzigers.
Plot
American journalist Bob Dillon arrives in England and finds himself helping to solve a murder involving the nephew of a lawyer, who has been wrongly accused.
Cast
- Paul Carpenter as Bob Dillon
- Jean Aubrey as Paula Burroughs
- Harriett Johns as Lady Leyton
- Ralph Michael as Sir Edward Leyton
- John Charlesworth as Tommy
- Philip Ray as Jenkins
- Howard Lang as Inspector
- Robert Ayres as Gordon Baines
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Theatrical, confected and cliché-ridden, this pocket crime mystery has not even the benefit of acceptable performance and presentation."[3]
TV Guide called it "Competent, though no more."[4]
References
- ^ "Date at Midnight". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "Date at Midnight (1960)". Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.
- ^ "Date at Midnight". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 27 (312): 36. 1 January 1960 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Date At Midnight - TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
External links
- Date at Midnight at IMDb
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Films directed by Godfrey Grayson
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- Doctor Morelle (1949)
- The Adventures of PC 49 (1949)
- Meet Simon Cherry (1949)
- What the Butler Saw (1950)
- The Lady Craved Excitement (1950)
- Room to Let (1950)
- Dick Barton at Bay (1950)
- To Have and to Hold (1951)
- The Fake (1953)
- Black Ice (1957)
- Innocent Meeting (1958)
- Date at Midnight (1959)
- Woman's Temptation (1959)
- High Jump (1959)
- An Honourable Murder (1960)
- The Spider's Web (1960)
- Escort for Hire (1960)
- So Evil, So Young (1961)
- The Lamp in Assassin Mews (1962)
- The Battleaxe (1962)
- She Always Gets Their Man (1962)
- Design for Loving (1962)
- The Durant Affair (1962)
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