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Isabel Dawn (writer)
Sam Duncan (story)
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Release Date:
2 February 1942 (USA) more
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This Republic murder mystery starts with a radio broadcast by Greg Sherman (John Howard) who solves... more | add synopsis
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A radio detective and his wife anger the police by solving crimes before they do. more (1 total)

Cast

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John Howard ... Greg Sherman
Margaret Lindsay ... Beth Sherman
Roscoe Karns ... Det. Lt. Cassidy
Mona Barrie ... Alta Wilton
Keye Luke ... Ah Foo
Hobart Cavanaugh ... Charles Miller
Paul Harvey ... Landeck, station owner
Lilian Bond ... Lola
Miles Mander ... Dr. Hilary Wilton
William Newell ... Swanson, Greg's Agent
Wendell Niles ... Show Announcer
Archie Twitchell ... Henry Carney
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Runtime:
USA:53 min (edited version) | USA:68 min
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)

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A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, and is not listed for preservation. more

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A radio detective and his wife anger the police by solving crimes before they do., 20 January 2009
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Author: stltape from United States

"A Tragedy AT MIDNIGHT" was a very entertaining mystery romance. John Howard and Margaret Lindsay made a great romantic detective team. Keye Luke, was also good as their ingenious servant, always on the spot to get them out of trouble.They were always one step ahead of the police in solving crimes and broadcasting solutions of crimes on their radio program, thereby frustrating the police who then wanted to get them off the air by finding something they could be arrested for.this appeared to be solved when our hero woke up one morning and found a woman with a knife in her back in his wife's bed.They then proceed to unravel the mystery. In some ways this picture is similar to the Thin Man series.

I had a VHS copy of this film that I made off the air but the tape oxide eventually went bad. I hope the last remaining copy on nitrate based film is restored before the nitrate turns to powder. it would be a shame if the picture were lost.

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