Midnight Limited (1940)
DEATH RIDES THE RAILS!
The Phantom Robber gets a fortune in jewels and some valuable papers from a robbery on the crack train "The Midnight Limited" and Val Lennon and his pretty assistant, Joan Marshall, are on his trail. But the Phantom strikes three more times and adds murder to his list. Val decides to use himself as bait, although Chief Harrigan and Joan beg him not to risk his life. But Val, disguised as a wealthy Canadian, boards the train for a rendezvous with a killer.
- Date of release
- 1940-03-20
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 1m
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Crime
- Director
- Howard Bretherton
Casting
- John 'Dusty' King — Val Lennon
- Marjorie Reynolds — Joan Marshall
- George Cleveland — Professor Van Dillon
- Edward Keane — Captain Harrigan
- Monte Collins — Abel Krantz
- I. Stanford Jolley — Frenchie
- Pat Flaherty — Train Conductor
- Herbert Ashley — Trainman
- Lita Chevret — Mae Krantz
- Ray Bennett — Jake Pringle (Uncredited)
- Joe Caits — Detective Conway (Uncredited)
- Lane Chandler — Inspector in Montreal (Uncredited)
Interesting facts
Midnight Limited is a 1940 American mystery film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Harrison Carter and Charles Williams. The film stars John 'Dusty' King, Marjorie Reynolds, George Cleveland, Edward Keane, Monte Collins and I. Stanford Jolley. It was released on March 20, 1940 by Monogram Pictures.
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