''Date at Midnight'' is a 1959 British

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directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Paul Carpenter and Jean Aubrey. 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." ''

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'' called it "Competent, though no more."

References

External links

* 1959 films British crime films Films shot at New Elstree Studios 1950s English-language films 1950s British films {{1950s-UK-film-stub