Before Midnight (1933 film)

Before Midnight
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Directed by	Lambert Hillyer
Written by	Robert Quigley
Starring	Ralph Bellamy June Collyer Claude Gillingwater
Cinematography	John Stumar
Edited by	Otto Meyer
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	November 18, 1933
Running time	63 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Before Midnight is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery crime film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Ralph Bellamy, June Collyer and Claude Gillingwater. Produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, it was the first in a series of four films featuring Inspector Steve Trent of the NYPD. Bellamy featured in all three sequels One Is Guilty, The Crime of Helen Stanley and Girl in Danger.

Synopsis

NYC Police Inspector Steve Trent is called to the estate of wealthy Edward Arnold around sixty miles outside NYC on a stormy night. Arnold has had a premonition that he is going to be murdered that night.

Cast

• Ralph Bellamy as Police Inspector Steve Trent
• June Collyer as Janet Holt
• Claude Gillingwater as John Fry
• Bradley Page as Howard B. Smith
• Betty Blythe as Mavis Fry
• Arthur Pierson as Dr. David R. Marsh
• George Cooper as Stubby
• William Jeffrey as Edward Arnold
• Joseph Crehan as Police Capt. Frank Flynn
• Otto Yamaoka as Kono
• Kit Guard as Jack
• Bob Kortman as Plainclothesman
• Edward LeSaint as Harry Graham
• Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Taxi Driver

Bibliography

• Backer, Ron. Mystery Movie Series of 1930s Hollywood. McFarland, 2012.

External links

• Before Midnight at IMDb