Midnight Episode

Midnight Episode
Directed byGordon Parry
Written byRita Barisse
Screenplay by
Based onMonsieur La Souris
by Georges Simenon
Produced byTheo Lageard
Starring
CinematographyHone Glendinning
Edited byCharles Hasse
Music byMischa Spoliansky
Production
company
Triangle Film Corporation
Distributed by
Release date
  • 31 December 1950 (1950-12-31) (United Kingdom)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryBritain
LanguageEnglish[1]

Midnight Episode is a 1950 British thriller mystery film directed by Gordon Parry.[2] It is based on the novel Monsieur La Souris written by Georges Simenon in the year 1938,[3] and adapted for screen by Rita Barisse. It featured Stanley Holloway, Leslie Dwyer, Reginald Tate and Meredith Edwards in the lead roles.

The film was released in United States on 19 May 1955.

Plot

An indigent street performer of Shakesperian verse chances upon a wallet filled with money and private papers. For its loser's desperate acquaintances, the papers have more value than any finder could conceive. A value for them its retrieval makes imperative, and, for the seemingly- fortunate finder, its longed-for riches only involve him in their violent world, and in more trouble than he ever knew, as a poorer man.

Cast

Reviews

The film received positive reviews.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Wheeler W. Dixon (1994). Re-Viewing British Cinema, 1900-1992: Essays and Interviews. SUNY Press. pp. 162–. ISBN 978-0-7914-1862-8.
  2. ^ Andrew Spicer (2010). Historical Dictionary of Film Noir. Scarecrow Press. pp. 445–. ISBN 978-0-8108-7378-0.
  3. ^ Geoff Mayer (2012). Historical Dictionary of Crime Films. Scarecrow Press. pp. 352–. ISBN 978-0-8108-6769-7.
  4. ^ Terence Pettigrew (1982). British Film Character Actors: Great Names and Memorable Moments. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 92–. ISBN 978-0-7153-8270-7.


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