Incident at Midnight

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Incident at Midnight
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Directed byNorman Harrison
Written byArthur La Bern
Based ona short story by Edgar Wallace
Produced byJack Greenwood
Starring
  • Anton Diffring
  • William Sylvester
  • Justine Lord
  • Martin Miller
CinematographyJames Wilson
Edited byDerek Holding
Music byBernard Ebbinghouse
Production
company
Merton Park Studios
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors
Release date
1963
Running time
56 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Incident at Midnight is a 1963 British crime film directed by Norman Harrison and starring Anton Diffring, William Sylvester and Justine Lord.[1] It was made at Merton Park Studios as part of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries, in this case adapted from one of Wallace's short stories.[2][3]

Plot[]

Old Dr. Schroeder (Martin Miller), who has been struck off, attends a late night chemist every night for a prescription, and to observe Dr. Leichner (Anton Diffring), an ex-Nazi war criminal who has taken a new identity. Leichner, we discover, has a blonde wife (Sylva Langova), and a blonde mistress (Jacqueline Jones), who is blackmailing him. He is also involved in a drug scam involving two lockers and two keys, and aims to become a millionaire selling drugs. Meanwhile, a wounded bank robber has been taken to the dispensary for treatment, and to rendezvous with his gang leader. Old Dr. Schroeder finds himself attending to the robber's injuries.

Cast[]

  • Anton Diffring as Dr. Erik Leichner
  • William Sylvester as Vince Warren
  • Justine Lord as Diane Graydon
  • Martin Miller as Dr. Schroeder
  • Tony Garnett as Brennan
  • Philip Locke as Foster
  • Sylva Langova as Vivienne Leichner
  • Warren Mitchell as Chemist
  • as Vanessa Palmer
  • Peter Howell as Inspector Macready
  • Oliver MacGreevy as Wilkinson
  • as Whitehead
  • Clifford Earl as Sergeant
  • Geoffrey Palmer as Dr. Tanfield
  • Derek Partridge as Detective
  • as Policeman
  • as Policeman
  • Roland Curram as Soldier

Critical reception[]

Sky Movies wrote that the "harsh black-and-white photography effectively catches the bleak, claustrophobic atmosphere of the all-night chemist's in which some of the drama is set";[4] while Leonard Maltin rated it two stars, calling it a "trim yarn."[5]

References[]

  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ "» EDGAR WALLACE AT MERTON PARK – by Tise Vahimagi".
  3. ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Incident at Midnight".
  5. ^ Maltin, Leonard (29 September 2015). Turner Classic Movies Presents Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide: From the Silent Era Through 1965: Third Edition. Penguin. ISBN 9780698197299 – via Google Books.

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