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Before Midnight (1933 film)

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Before Midnight
Directed byLambert Hillyer
Written byRobert Quigley
StarringRalph Bellamy
June Collyer
Claude Gillingwater
CinematographyJohn Stumar
Edited byOtto Meyer
Production
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Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • November 18, 1933 (1933-11-18)
Running time
63 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Before Midnight is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery crime film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Ralph Bellamy, June Collyer and Claude Gillingwater. Produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, it was the first in a series of four films featuring Inspector Steve Trent of the NYPD.[1] Bellamy featured in all three sequels One Is Guilty, The Crime of Helen Stanley and Girl in Danger.[2]

Plot

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NYC Police Inspector Steve Trent is called to the estate of wealthy Edward Arnold around sixty miles outside NYC on a stormy night. Arnold has had a premonition that he is going to be murdered that night.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Backer, p. 195
  2. ^ Blottner, Gene (2011). "Inspector Trent". Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. ISBN 9780786486724.

Bibliography

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  • Backer, Ron. Mystery Movie Series of 1930s Hollywood. McFarland, 2012.
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