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Midnight
Midnight

Midnight

One woman was to die at midnight!...another woman was to kill at the same hour...why?

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DramaCrime

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Jury foreman Edward Weldon's questioning leads to the death sentence for Ethel Saxon. His daughter Stella claims to have killed her lover, the gangster Garboni, just as Saxon was to sit in the electric chair.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

76 mins

Rating

5/10

Release Date

07 March 1934

Country

United States of America

Cast

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

Gar Boni

Sidney Fox

Sidney Fox

Stella Weldon

O. P. Heggie

O. P. Heggie

Edward Weldon

Henry Hull

Henry Hull

Nolan

Margaret Wycherly

Margaret Wycherly

Mrs. Weldon

Lynne Overman

Lynne Overman

Joe Biggers

Cora Witherspoon

Cora Witherspoon

Elizabeth McGrath

Richard Whorf

Richard Whorf

Arthur Weldon

Granville Bates

Granville Bates

Richard McGrath

Katherine Wilson

Katherine Wilson

Ada Biggers

Moffat Johnston

Moffat Johnston

District Attorney Plunkett

Henry O'Neill

Henry O'Neill

Edgar V. Ingersoll

Helen Flint

Helen Flint

Ethel Saxton

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