''Date at Midnight'' is a 1959 British
crime film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...
from the Danzigers.
Plot
American journalist Bob Dillon (Paul Carpenter) arrives in England and finds himself helping to solve a murder involving the nephew of a lawyer, who has been wrongly accused.
Cast
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Paul Carpenter as Bob Dillon
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Jean Aubrey
Jean Aubrey (1932-2008) was a British actress.
Jean Aubrey was born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire in 1932.
Selected filmography
* '' Date at Midnight'' as Paula Burroughs (1959)
* ''Model for Murder'' as Annabelle Meadows (1959)
* ''On th ...
as Paula Burroughs
*Harriett Johns as Lady Leyton
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Ralph Michael
Ralph Michael (26 September 1907 – 9 November 1994) was an English actor. He was born as Ralph Champion Shotter in London. His film appearances included ''Dead of Night'', ''A Night to Remember (1958 film), A Night to Remember'', ''Children ...
as Sir Edward Leyton
*John Charlesworth as Tommy
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Philip Ray
Philip Ray (born Roy Edgar Cochrane, 1 November 1898 – 11 May 1978) was a British stage, film and television actor. Occasionally credited as Phil Ray, he played numerous and varied supporting roles, particularly in films and on television.
He ...
as Jenkins
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Howard Lang
Howard Lang (born Donald Yarranton; 20 March 1911 – 11 December 1989) was an English actor known for playing Captain William Baines in the BBC nautical drama ''The Onedin Line''.
Early life
Lang was born in Marylebone, London, the son of Edw ...
as Inspector
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Robert Ayres as Gordon Baines
Critical reception
''
TV Guide
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'' called it "Competent, though no more."
References
External links
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1959 films
British crime films
Films shot at New Elstree Studios
1950s English-language films
1950s British films
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