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MPAA Rating - NR

Length:
    92 Minutes

Genre:
    Thriller

Original Release Date:
    Dec 22, 1998

Director
    Chester Erskine

Cast
    Sidney Fox, O.P. Heggie, Henry Hull, Margaret Wycherly, Lynne Overman

 
Movie Summary
The old If it were your own daughter plot device forms the basis of the independently-produced crime melodrama Midnight. O.P. Heggie plays jury foreman Edward Weldon, who has no qualms about sentencing a woman to death for a crime of passion. His unpopular decision makes Weldon persona non grata even in his own home, but he sticks to his firm belief that all murderers must pay the supreme penalty, no matter what the provocation. He soon has cause to regret his intractability when his own daughter Stella (Sidney Fox) kills a former lover who betrayed her. In addition to Humphrey Bogart, who plays the small but memorable role of one of the murder victims, this New York-filmed oddity also features such Broadway-bred talent as Margaret Wycherly, Henry Hull, Granville Bates, Helen Flint, and, in their film debuts, Lynne Overman and Richard Whorf. Midnight was later reissued by Astor Films as Call it Murder to cash in on Bogarts latter-day popularity (Bogie was also promoted to top billing in the refilmed opening credits). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide


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