Midnight Manhunt

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Midnight Manhunt
DVD cover
Directed by	William C. Thomas
Written by
Produced by	Maxwell Shane
Cinematography
Edited by	Henry Adams
Music by	Alexander Laszlo
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	July 24, 1945 (1945-07-24)
Running time	64 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Midnight Manhunt is a 1945 film noir crime film mystery directed by William C. Thomas and written by . The film premiered on July 24, 1945 and is in the public domain.

The film stars William Gargan, Ann Savage, Leo Gorcey and George Zucco.

Plot[]

Midnight Manhunt begins with the shooting death of a master criminal who expires in a wax museum. Reporter Sue Gallagher (Ann Savage) is first on the scene, but she is soon in competition with her boyfriend, fellow reporter Pete Willis (William Gargan). The killer traps Sue in the wax museum when he returns there looking for the body. Leo Gorcey plays the caretaker of the wax museum.

Cast[]

• William Gargan as Pete Willis
• Ann Savage as Sue Gallagher
• Leo Gorcey as Clutch Tracy
• George Zucco as Jelke
• Paul Hurst as Murphy
• Don Beddoe as Det. Lt. Max Hurley
• Charles Halton as Henry Miggs
• George E. Stone as Joe Wells

Production[]

The film was known as Cheese It, Corpse.^[1]

See also[]

• List of films in the public domain in the United States

References[]

External links[]

• Midnight Manhunt at IMDb
• Midnight Manhunt is available for free download at the Internet Archive
• Review at Variety

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