Date at Midnight explained

Date at Midnight
Director:	Godfrey Grayson
Producer:	Edward J. Danziger Harry Lee Danziger
Starring:	Paul Carpenter Jean Aubrey
Music:	Tony Crombie
Cinematography:	Jimmy Wilson
Editing:	Desmond Saunders
Studio:	Danziger Productions Ltd New Elstree Studios
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

Date at Midnight is a 1959 British crime film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Paul Carpenter and Jean Aubrey.^[1] ^[2] It was written by Brian Clemens and Eldon Howard and produced by The Danzigers.

Plot

American journalist Bob Dillon arrives in England and finds himself helping to solve a murder involving the nephew of a lawyer, who has been wrongly accused.

Cast

Paul Carpenter as Bob Dillon
Jean Aubrey as Paula Burroughs
Harriett Johns as Lady Leyton
Ralph Michael as Sir Edward Leyton
John Charlesworth as Tommy
Philip Ray as Jenkins
Howard Lang as Inspector
Robert Ayres as Gordon Baines

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Theatrical, confected and cliché-ridden, this pocket crime mystery has not even the benefit of acceptable performance and presentation."^[3]

TV Guide called it "Competent, though no more."^[4]

Notes and References

Web site: Date at Midnight . 20 July 2024 . British Film Institute Collections Search.
Web site: Date at Midnight (1960). https://web.archive.org/web/20120712003838/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b708a5cd4. dead. 2012-07-12.
1 January 1960 . Date at Midnight . . 27 . 312 . 36 . ProQuest.
Web site: Date At Midnight - TV Guide. TVGuide.com.