Date at Midnight

1959 British film by Godfrey Grayson

1959 (1959)

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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

Films directed by Godfrey Grayson

Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949)
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)

v t e Films produced by The Danzigers
Jigsaw (1949) So Young, So Bad (1950) St. Benny the Dip (1951) Babes in Bagdad (1952) Devil Girl from Mars (1954) Star of My Night (1954) Alias John Preston (1955) Satellite in the Sky (1956) Three Crooked Men (1957) The Betrayal (1957) The Depraved (1957) Operation Murder (1957) Son of a Stranger (1957) Three Sundays to Live (1957) High Jump (1958) Innocent Meeting (1958) Links of Justice (1958) Moment of Indiscretion (1958) No Safety Ahead (1958) On the Run (1958) A Woman of Mystery (1958) The Great Van Robbery (1958) A Woman Possessed (1958) The Child and the Killer (1959) Crash Drive (1959) Date at Midnight (1959) Man Accused (1959) Top Floor Girl (1959) Web of Suspicion (1959) Date at Midnight (1959) Woman's Temptation (1959) Compelled (1960) Escort for Hire (1960) Feet of Clay (1960) Highway to Battle (1960) An Honourable Murder (1960) Identity Unknown (1960) Night Train for Inverness (1960) Operation Stogie (1960) Sentenced for Life (1960) The Spider's Web (1960) A Taste of Money (1960) The Tell-Tale Heart (1960) Transatlantic (1960) Two Wives at One Wedding (1960) The Gentle Terror (1961) Strip Tease Murder (1961) The Nudist Story a.k.a. For Members Only (1961) The Court Martial of Major Keller (1961) Fate Takes a Hand (1961) Middle Course (1961) Part-Time Wife (1961) Return of a Stranger (1961) So Evil, So Young (1961) Tarnished Heroes (1961) The Spanish Sword (1961) The Silent Invasion (1962) What Every Woman Wants (1962) She Always Gets Their Man (1962)

Films produced by The Danzigers