Midnight Intruder
1938 | 68m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Arthur Lubin |
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| Writer: | George Waggner, Lester Cole, Channing Pollock |
| Staring: |
| A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is the suspect. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 06, 1938 |
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| Director: | Arthur Lubin |
| Writer: | George Waggner, Lester Cole, Channing Pollock |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance, Crime |
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| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 24, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Louis Hayward | Barry Gilbert |
| Eric Linden | John Clark Reitter Jr. |
| J. C. Nugent | Doc Norton |
| Barbara Read | Patricia Hammond |
| Irving Bacon | Evans |
| Robert Greig | Willetts |
| Pierre Watkin | Attorney Peter Winslow |
| Sheila Bromley | Peggy Reitter |
| Paul Everton | John Clark Reitter Sr. |
| Nana Bryant | Mrs. John Clark Reitter Sr. |
| Joseph Crehan | Bill Harwood - Newspaper Editor |
| Selmer Jackson | Judge Hammond |
| Jan Duggan | Mrs. Randolph |
| Polly Bailey | The Reitter Cook (uncredited) |
| Aileen Carlyle | Annie - the Maid (uncredited) |
| Billy Engle | Racetrack Tout (uncredited) |
| Matty Fain | Luis Romano (uncredited) |
| Allen Fox | Ship's Radio Operator (uncredited) |
| Charley Foy | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| Jack Gardner | Messenger (uncredited) |
| Fay Helm | Marion Loring (uncredited) |
| Kenner G. Kemp | Reporter at Dock (uncredited) |
| Rex Lease | Track Spectator (uncredited) |
| Ethelreda Leopold | Woman Waiting for Ship (uncredited) |
| Alexander Leftwich | Newspaper Cashier (uncredited) |
| Jimmie Lucas | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Charles Murphy | Truck Driver (uncredited) |
| Ted Osborne | Joe Dillon - Reporter (uncredited) |
| Lee Phelps | Deputy (uncredited) |
| Ruth Robinson | Mrs. Winslow (uncredited) |
| Charles Sullivan | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Guy Usher | Mike Kelly (uncredited) |
| Billy Wayne | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| Eric Wilton | Hammond's Butler (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Arthur Lubin | Director |
| George Waggner | Screenplay |
| Milton Krasner | Director of Photography |
| Lester Cole | Screenplay |
| Channing Pollock | Story |
| Bernard W. Burton | Editor |
| Jack Otterson | Art Direction |
| Richard H. Riedel | Art Direction |
| Jesse Bastian | Sound |
| Bernard B. Brown | Sound |
| Charles Previn | Music Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Trem Carr | Associate Producer |
| Paul Malvern | Associate Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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"Resting" actor, Louis Hayward ("Barry") and his pal "Doc" (J.C. Nugent) are a bit down on their luck when they take shelter in a big house one rainy night. About to leave the next morning, they are spotted by staff who mistake him for the long-absent son of the house, and when he finds a letter fro ... m his "assumed" mother (Nana Bryant) containing $500, they decide to string out their new existence for a while... Snag is, the real "Reitter" (Eric Linden) turns up, shortly afterwards - in jail accused of murder. A sense of decency overwhelms the young man and he sets out to prove his double's innocence. It's a bit far fetched, but Hayward is on good form and the pace is quick, humorous at times and there's even a bit of romance for the star with Barbara Read ("Patricia"). There are too many characters in this film, they over-complicate what is essentially a rather simple, engaging whodunit a bit - but it's still a decent, suspenseful, adaptation of the Pollock novel that passes the time well for 70 minutes.