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  • A Tragedy at Midnight (1942)
  • Passed
    68 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A Tragedy at Midnight (1942)
Passed
68 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

This Republic murder mystery starts with a radio broadcast by Greg Sherman who solves cases on the air that the local police cannot solve. As he names the perpetrator of a recent murder we see the criminal, who is listening to the show, ...See moreThis Republic murder mystery starts with a radio broadcast by Greg Sherman who solves cases on the air that the local police cannot solve. As he names the perpetrator of a recent murder we see the criminal, who is listening to the show, become alarmed and start to make his escape. The scene shifts to the police department where the chief, fearing for his job, assigns officers to get something, anything, on Sherman and get him off the air. Meanwhile, Greg and his pretty wife Beth are parting company. He's going to a party and she's going to visit her pregnant sister in the hospital. The next morning Greg wakes up and nudges his sleeping wife. When she doesn't respond, he pulls off the covers and finds not his wife but a strange woman, dead and with the murder knife still sticking up out of her back. While he's still recovering from the shock, Beth walks into the bedroom. Thinking that she has discovered her husband with another woman, she leaves and calls the police. The police are delighted of course, but Greg escapes as they are arresting him. Now he must solve the mystery by himself... Written by Jim See less
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Director
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Isabel Dawn (screenplay) | Hal Hudson (original story) | Sam Duncan (original story)
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Feb 2, 1942 (United States)

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66 cast members
Name Known for
John Howard
Greg Sherman Greg Sherman   See fewer
Margaret Lindsay
Beth Sherman Beth Sherman   See fewer
Roscoe Karns
Det. Lt. Cassidy Det. Lt. Cassidy   See fewer
Mona Barrie
Alta Wilton Alta Wilton   See fewer
Keye Luke
Ah Foo Ah Foo   See fewer
Hobart Cavanaugh
Charles Miller Charles Miller   See fewer
Paul Harvey
Landeck Landeck   See fewer
Miles Mander
Dr. Hilary Wilton Dr. Hilary Wilton   See fewer
William Newell
Swanson, Greg's Agent Swanson, Greg's Agent   See fewer
Wendell Niles
Show Announcer Show Announcer   See fewer
Archie Twitchell
Henry Carney Henry Carney   See fewer
Sam Ash
Detective (uncredited) Detective (uncredited)   See fewer
Alan Baldwin
Bellhop (uncredited) Bellhop (uncredited)   See fewer
Janet Beecher
Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited) Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)   See fewer
William 'Billy' Benedict
Newsboy (uncredited) Newsboy (uncredited)   See fewer
Sam Bernard
John (uncredited) John (uncredited)   See fewer
Lucile Browne
Nurse (uncredited) Nurse (uncredited)   See fewer
Roy Butler
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
George Chandler
Elevator Operator (uncredited) Elevator Operator (uncredited)   See fewer
Chester Clute
Pierre (uncredited) Pierre (uncredited)   See fewer
Tristram Coffin
Landeck's Secretary (uncredited) Landeck's Secretary (uncredited)   See fewer
Lois Collier
Actress (uncredited) Actress (uncredited)   See fewer
Hal Cooke
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
Franco Corsaro
Renaldo (uncredited) Renaldo (uncredited)   See fewer
Ted Crane
Boy (uncredited) Boy (uncredited)   See fewer
Jacqueline Dalya
Rita (uncredited) Rita (uncredited)   See fewer
Lester Dorr
Maxim's Headwaiter (uncredited) Maxim's Headwaiter (uncredited)   See fewer
Helena Phillips Evans
Grandmother Warren (uncredited) Grandmother Warren (uncredited)   See fewer
Herbert Evans
The Doorman at Maxim's (uncredited) The Doorman at Maxim's (uncredited)   See fewer
Robert Fiske
Ricci's Doctor (uncredited) Ricci's Doctor (uncredited)   See fewer
Dorothy Gulliver
Miss Tindall (uncredited) Miss Tindall (uncredited)   See fewer
Marilyn Hare
Actress (uncredited) Actress (uncredited)   See fewer
John Harmon
Lightfingers, Headwaiter-Pickpocket (uncredited) Lightfingers, Headwaiter-Pickpocket (uncredited)   See fewer
Jayne Hazard
Actress (uncredited) Actress (uncredited)   See fewer
George Humbert
Tony (uncredited) Tony (uncredited)   See fewer
Bud Jamison
Cop (uncredited) Cop (uncredited)   See fewer
Jack Kenney
Taxicab Driver (uncredited) Taxicab Driver (uncredited)   See fewer
Richard Kipling
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
Patricia Knox
Receptionist (uncredited) Receptionist (uncredited)   See fewer
Nora Lane
Nurse (uncredited) Nurse (uncredited)   See fewer
Mady Lawrence
Miss Cornell (uncredited) Miss Cornell (uncredited)   See fewer
Eddie Lee
Chinese Laundry Worker (uncredited) Chinese Laundry Worker (uncredited)   See fewer
Noel Madison
Ricci (uncredited) Ricci (uncredited)   See fewer
George Magrill
Cop (uncredited) Cop (uncredited)   See fewer
Charles McAvoy
Second Charles Miller (uncredited) Second Charles Miller (uncredited)   See fewer
David McKim
Newsboy (uncredited) Newsboy (uncredited)   See fewer
Frances Morris
Hospital Desk Nurse (uncredited) Hospital Desk Nurse (uncredited)   See fewer
James C. Morton
Chubby Detective (uncredited) Chubby Detective (uncredited)   See fewer
Joseph North
Headwaiter (uncredited) Headwaiter (uncredited)   See fewer
Vivien Oakland
First Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited) First Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)   See fewer
Ralph Peters
Process Server (uncredited) Process Server (uncredited)   See fewer
Adele Rowland
Actress (uncredited) Actress (uncredited)   See fewer
Tim Ryan
Police Commissioner (uncredited) Police Commissioner (uncredited)   See fewer
Marin Sais
Second Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited) Second Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)   See fewer
Jeffrey Sayre
Extra (uncredited) Extra (uncredited)   See fewer
Paul Scott
Cop (uncredited) Cop (uncredited)   See fewer
Tom Seidel
Bellhop (uncredited) Bellhop (uncredited)   See fewer
Irene Shirley
Actress (uncredited) Actress (uncredited)   See fewer
Elliott Sullivan
Cop (uncredited) Cop (uncredited)   See fewer
Ben Taggart
Cop (uncredited) Cop (uncredited)   See fewer
Minerva Urecal
Mattie - Housekeeper (uncredited) Mattie - Housekeeper (uncredited)   See fewer
Theodore von Eltz
Third Charles Miller (uncredited) Third Charles Miller (uncredited)   See fewer
Cecil Weston
Actress (uncredited) Actress (uncredited)   See fewer
Matt Willis
Dumb Cop (uncredited) Dumb Cop (uncredited)   See fewer
Dick Winslow
Orchestra Leader (uncredited) Orchestra Leader (uncredited)   See fewer
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