Midnight Menace | |
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Directed by | Sinclair Hill |
Written by | |
Produced by | Harcourt Templeman |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Cyril Bristow |
Edited by | John E. Morris |
Music by | John Reynders |
Production company | Grosvenor Films |
Distributed by | Associated British Film Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Midnight Menace is a 1937 British thriller film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Charles Farrell, Margaret Vyner, Fritz Kortner and Danny Green. The screenplay concerns an international arms manufacturing firm's plans to start a war in Europe by bombing London.[1] It was released in the United States as Bombs Over London.
Production
The film was made at Pinewood Studios.[2] Its original script was written by Alexander Mackendrick.[3] The film's sets were designed by Wilfred Arnold.
Cast
- Charles Farrell as Brian Gaunt
- Margaret Vyner as Mary Stevens
- Fritz Kortner as Peters
- Danny Green as Socks
- Wallace Evennett as Smith
- Monti DeLyle as Pierre
- Dino Galvani as Tony
- Arthur Finn as Mac, Newspaper Editor
- Laurence Hanray as Sir George, Lead Conspirator
- Arthur Gomez as Baron von Kleisch, Delegate
- Raymond Lovell as Harris
- Evan John as Doctor Marsh
- Reynes Barton as Conference President
- Terence O'Brien as Secret Agent Fearns
- Dennis Val Norton as Vronsky, Peters' Aide
- Billy Bray as Banks
- Sydney King as Graham Stevens
- Andreas Malandrinos as Zadek
- Victor Tandy as Groves
References
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
Categories:
- 1937 films
- 1930s thriller films
- British thriller films
- Films shot at Pinewood Studios
- Films set in London
- British black-and-white films
- Films directed by Sinclair Hill
- 1930s English-language films
- 1930s British films
- Films scored by John Reynders
- English-language thriller films
- 1930s British film stubs
- 1930s thriller film stubs