Midnight Menace (1937)
When a reporter is killed under mysterious circumstances, the political cartoonist on his paper begins to investigate on his own. He finds that a vengeful industrialist may be trying to manipulate an international peace conference to stage a bombing attack on London.
- Date of release
- 1937-05-04
- TMDB
- 7.4 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Director
- Sinclair Hill
Casting
- Charles Farrell — Briant Gaunt
- Margaret Vyner — Mary Stevens
- Fritz Kortner — Minister Peters of Grovnia
- Danny Green — Socks, American Henchman
- Wallace Evennett — Smith, Bowler-hat Henchman
- Monti DeLyle — Pierre, Knife-throwing Henchman
- Dino Galvani — Tony, Slender Henchman
- Arthur Finn — Mac, Newspaper Editor
- Laurence Hanray — Sir George, Lead Conspirator
- Arthur Gomez — Baron von Kleisch, Delegate
- Raymond Lovell — Harris
- Evan John — Dr. Marsh
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Pinewood Studios
Midnight Menace is a 1937 British thriller film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Charles Farrell, Margaret Vyner, Fritz Kortner and Danny Green. It was written by G.H. Moresby-White from a story by Roger MacDougall and Alexander Mackendrick and concerns an international arms manufacturing firm's plans to start a war in Europe by bombing London.
Production
The film was made at Pinewood Studios with sets designed by Wilfred Arnold.
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