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Murder at Midnight (1931 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Murder at Midnight' (a.k.a. 'The Monster Kills'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)) is a 1931 American pre-Code murder mystery whodunnit directed by Frank R. Strayer.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=6452 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:'..Murder at Midnight']
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 to conceal his or her 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'.'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
References
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