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Midnight

1934 · 76 min

A somber, stage-bound moral drama that tightens around a family's crisis, with a grim execution ticking in the background.

Tagline
One woman was to die at midnight!...another woman was to kill at the same hour...why?
Overview
Jury foreman Edward Weldon's questioning leads to the death sentence for Ethel Saxon. His daughter Stella claims to have killed her lover, the gangster Garboni, just as Saxon was to sit in the electric chair.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • morality
  • family
  • guilt
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Directed by
Chester Erskine
Written by
Chester Erskine
Starring
Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Fox, O. P. Heggie, Henry Hull, Margaret Wycherly, Lynne Overman, Cora Witherspoon, Richard Whorf
Cinematography
George Webber, William O. Steiner
Runtime
76 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Latin

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