Murder at Midnight (1931 film)

Murder at Midnight
Directed by	Frank R. Strayer
Produced by	Phil Goldstone (producer)
Written by	Scott Darling (dialogue) Scott Darling (story) Frank R. Strayer (story)
Starring	See below
Music by	Val Burton
Cinematography	William Rees
Edited by	John Rawlins
Distributed by	Tiffany Pictures
Release dates	September 1, 1931
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Murder at Midnight is a 1931 American Pre-Code murder mystery whodunit directed by Frank R. Strayer.^[1]

Plot summary

A murder during a game of charades at a society party leads the police to begin the hunt through the guest-list for a motive and culprit, involving a changed will and booby-trapped telephones. The killer strikes several more times in an attempt to conceal their identity, until all is revealed.

Cast

• Aileen Pringle as Esme Kennedy
• Alice White as Millie Scripps
• Hale Hamilton as Phillip Montrose
• Robert Elliott as Inspector Taylor
• Clara Blandick as Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy
• Brandon Hurst as Lawrence
• Leslie Fenton as Walter Grayson
• William Humphrey as Colton
• Tyrell Davis as The Englishman
• Kenneth Thomson as Jim Kennedy
• Robert Ellis as Duncan Channing

Post production

Footage from the film was re-used in The Mirror Crack'd (1980).

Preservation status

• A print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation. A working/alternative title is The Monster Kills.^[2]

References

1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..Murder at Midnight
2. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress. (<-book title) p.122 c.1978 The American Film Institute

External links

• Murder at Midnight at the Internet Movie Database
• Murder at Midnight is available for free download at the Internet Archive