Midnight Intruder

Midnight Intruder (1938)

A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is the suspect.

Erscheinungsdatum
1938-02-06
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (7)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 8 Min.
Genres
Krimi, Komödie, Liebesfilm
Regie
Arthur Lubin

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

Midnight Intruder is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Arthur Lubin starring Louis Hayward, Eric Linden, J.C. Nugent and Barbara Read.

Production

The film was based on a novel Synthetic Gentleman by Channing Pollock. Pollock best known as a playwright and in June 1933 reported that he was working on the novel with a view to turning it into a play for London, where he felt critics were kinder, and because in England he would not have to share the movie rights with his manager as he would have to do in America.

In February 1937 the film rights were bought by Universal. In March it was announced the film would be produced by Trem Carr; it would be a change of pace for Carr, who had been making "outdoor films" for Universal "with his own money" Several of these had been directed by Arthur Lubin who would direct the film.

The film had a working title of Welcome Imposter. Filming was to start 22 November 1937. It eventually started December 1937.

By November the title had been changed to Midnight Intruder.

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