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A Tragedy at Midnight
A Tragedy at Midnight

A Tragedy at Midnight

Genres

ComedyCrimeMysteryThriller

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The host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to find a woman with a knife in her back in his bedroom.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

53 mins

Rating

4/10

Release Date

02 February 1942

Country

United States of America

Cast

John Howard

John Howard

Greg Sherman

Margaret Lindsay

Margaret Lindsay

Beth Sherman

Roscoe Karns

Roscoe Karns

Cassidy

Mona Barrie

Mona Barrie

Alta Wilton

Keye Luke

Keye Luke

Ah Foo

Hobart Cavanaugh

Hobart Cavanaugh

Charles Miller

Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey

Landeck

Lilian Bond

Lilian Bond

Lola

Miles Mander

Miles Mander

Dr. Wilton

William Newell

William Newell

Swanson

Wendell Niles

Wendell Niles

Show Announcer

Archie Twitchell

Archie Twitchell

Henry Carney

Chester Clute

Chester Clute

Pierre (uncredited)

Minerva Urecal

Minerva Urecal

Housekeeper (uncredited)

Helena Phillips Evans

Helena Phillips Evans

Beth's grandmother (uncredited)

John Harmon

John Harmon

Pickpocket (uncredited)

Jacqueline Dalya

Jacqueline Dalya

Rita (uncredited)

Vivien Oakland

Vivien Oakland

First Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)

Charles McAvoy

Charles McAvoy

Second Charles Miller (uncredited)

Marin Sais

Marin Sais

Second Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)

Theodore von Eltz

Theodore von Eltz

Third Charles Miller (uncredited)

Janet Beecher

Janet Beecher

Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)

Tris Coffin

Tris Coffin

Landeck's Secretary (uncredited)

Tim Ryan

Tim Ryan

Police Commissioner (uncredited)

Dick Winslow

Dick Winslow

Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

Noel Madison

Noel Madison

Ricci (uncredited)

Franco Corsaro

Franco Corsaro

Renaldo (uncredited)

Dorothy Gulliver

Dorothy Gulliver

Miss Tindall (uncredited)

Mady Lawrence

Mady Lawrence

Miss Cornell (uncredited)

Lester Dorr

Lester Dorr

Maxim's Headwaiter (uncredited)

Herbert Evans

Herbert Evans

Maxim's Doorman (uncredited)

Jack Kenney

Jack Kenney

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Patricia Knox

Patricia Knox

Receptionist (uncredited)

James C. Morton

James C. Morton

Chubby Detective (uncredited)

Matt Willis

Matt Willis

Dumb Cop (uncredited)

Bud Jamison

Bud Jamison

Cop (uncredited)

George Magrill

George Magrill

Cop (uncredited)

Ben Taggart

Ben Taggart

Cop (uncredited)

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