Midnight_Episode

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Midnight Episode

1950 film by Gordon Parry


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.

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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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