The Other Side of Midnight (1977)

A Greek tycoon's mistress tries to track down and find her ex-World War II lover.

Director:

Charles Jarrott

Writers:

Herman Raucher, Sidney Sheldon (novel),

Stars:

Marie-France Pisier, John Beck, Susan Sarandon

Nominated for 1 Oscar.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Marie-France Pisier	...	Noelle Page
John Beck	...	Larry Douglas
Susan Sarandon	...	Catherine Alexander Douglas
Raf Vallone	...	Constantin Demeris
Clu Gulager	...	Bill Fraser
Christian Marquand	...	Armand Gautier
Michael Lerner	...	Barbet
Sorrell Booke	...	Lanchon
Antony Ponzini	...	Paul Metaxas
Louis Zorich	...	Demonides
Charles Cioffi	...	Chotas
Lilyan Chauvin	...	Mrs. Page
George Keymas	...	Dr. K
Lidia Kristen	...	Housekeeper
Denise DeMirjian	...	Nun

Storyline

Beautiful Noelle Page meets dashing WWII American pilot Larry Douglas in France and falls in love. She expects him to marry her, but instead Larry abandons her. In the United States, successful Catherine Alexander meets Larry Douglas and they marry. But Noelle hasn't forgotten Larry even as she's become a successful actress. She maneuvers to have Larry hired as the private pilot of her wealthy and powerful lover Constantin Demiris so she can seek revenge on him, but instead she and Larry rekindled their passion. Desperate to be together, Larry and Noelle make deadly plans. But soon the lovers face a terrible fate determined by the jealous Demiris using Catherine as his pawn.

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Plot Keywords:

pilot | revenge | eiffel tower paris | pubic hair | woman crying | 

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Taglines:

The Romance Of Passion And Power

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 June 1977 (USA)

Also Known As:

Más allá de la medianoche

Filming Locations:

Camarillo Airport - 555 Airport Way, Camarillo, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Frank Yablans Presentations

Technical Specs

Runtime:

165 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Because of a phenomenal success of the book, 20th Century Fox was sure that this was going to be a huge hit at the box office. At the same time there were such low expectations surrounding Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope that most theaters refused to book the film. So the distributor at Fox came up with the idea of a package deal: telling theater chains that if they wanted this movie they had to book Star Wars first. This movie went on to become a box office dud while Star Wars went on to become one of the most successful films of all time.

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Goofs

In a shot taken in Paris, during WW2 and German occupation, with a very large Nazi flag in the middle of the place, we can see, very far away, in the mist, the Montparnasse tower, which was built only in the early seventies.

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Quotes

Larry Douglas: [dancing together] Are my medals cutting into your boobs?
Catherine Alexander Douglas: Shakespeare or Marlowe?
Larry Douglas: Cathy, you have to know how I feel about you, especially when we dance so goddamn close.
Catherine Alexander Douglas: Actually, maybe we should just sit down.
Larry Douglas: [sitting down] I don't know why you're so annoyed. That's one of the nicest compliments a man could pay a woman.
Catherine Alexander Douglas: Strange, but I feel you're the only man that can come up with it any time day or night.
Larry Douglas: Only with you.
Catherine Alexander Douglas: Oh yeah. What are you packin' there, a Louisville Slugger?

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Connections

Followed by Memories of Midnight (1991)

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Soundtracks

"I Know Why (and So Do You)"
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Played during the scene with Larry and Fraser at the bar

User Reviews

Great Overlooked Movie now on DVD

I read the book "The Other Side of Midnight" when it first came out and fell in love with Noelle and Catherine. When the movie came out I saw it twice at the theater and loved it. 20th century fox back-stabbed this movie by not marketing it that is why it did poorly at the box office. In reality this is an old style, glossy, sweeping love story set between the years 1939 and 1947.

I won't go into the plot other than to say it has it all. Love, hate, betrayal, glamor, drama, on location shooting all over the world (this was not a low budget film). I highly recommend this film to anyone who enjoys sweeping dramas, wonderful score and cinematography and a young Susan Sarandon already showing her big star chops. It is a long movie 2 hours and 45 minutes on DVD but it has been remastered the picture is perfect and the sound is as good as can be expected from a film made in 1977.