Before Midnight is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery crime film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Ralph Bellamy, June Collyer and Claude Gillingwater. Produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, it was the first in a series of four films featuring Inspector Steve Trent of the NYPD.[1] Bellamy featured in all three sequels One Is Guilty, The Crime of Helen Stanley and Girl in Danger.
| Before Midnight | |
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| Directed by | Lambert Hillyer |
| Written by | Robert Quigley |
| Starring | Ralph Bellamy June Collyer Claude Gillingwater |
| Cinematography | John Stumar |
| Edited by | Otto Meyer |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | November 18, 1933 |
Running time | 63 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot edit
NYC Police Inspector Steve Trent is called to the estate of wealthy Edward Arnold around sixty miles outside NYC on a stormy night. Arnold has had a premonition that he is going to be murdered that night.
Cast edit
- Ralph Bellamy as Police Inspector Steve Trent
- June Collyer as Janet Holt
- Claude Gillingwater as John Fry
- Bradley Page as Howard B. Smith
- Betty Blythe as Mavis Fry
- Arthur Pierson as Dr. David R. Marsh
- George Cooper as Stubby
- William Jeffrey as Edward Arnold
- Joseph Crehan as Police Capt. Frank Flynn
- Otto Yamaoka as Kono
- Kit Guard as Jack
- Bob Kortman as Plainclothesman
- Edward LeSaint as Harry Graham
- Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Taxi Driver
References edit
- ^ Backer, p. 195
Bibliography edit
- Backer, Ron. Mystery Movie Series of 1930s Hollywood. McFarland, 2012.
External links edit
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