Midnight Episode

1950 film by Gordon Parry

Paul Vincent Carroll
David Evans
William Templeton
Reeve Tyler
Rita Barisse

Based onMonsieur La Souris
by Georges SimenonProduced byTheo LageardStarring

Stanley Holloway
Leslie Dwyer
Reginald Tate
Meredith Edwards
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Sebastian Cabot
Joy Shelton
Raymond Young
Leslie Perrins
Campbell Copelin
Natasha Parry

CinematographyHone GlendinningEdited byCharles HasseMusic byMischa Spoliansky

Production
company

Triangle Film Corporation

Distributed by

Columbia Pictures (1951) UK
Fine Arts Films (1955) USA

Release date

31 December 1950 (1950-12-31) (United Kingdom)

Running time

78 minutesCountryBritainLanguageEnglish^[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

Stanley Holloway as Professor Prince^[4]
Leslie Dwyer as Albert
Reginald Tate as Inspector Lucas
Meredith Edwards as Detective Sergeant Taylor
Wilfrid Hyde-White as Mr. Knight
Joy Shelton as Mrs. Arnold
Raymond Young as Miller
Leslie Perrins as Charles Mason
Sebastian Cabot as Benno
Campbell Copelin as The General
Natasha Parry as Jill harris

Reviews

The film received positive reviews.^{[citation needed]}

References

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