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A Tragedy at Midnight

A Tragedy at Midnight

19424.70h 53m

Overview

The host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to find a woman with a knife in her back in his bedroom.

Directed by Joseph Santley
Written by Hal Hudson, Isabel Dawn, Sam Duncan
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Top Cast

John Howard

John Howard

Greg Sherman

Margaret Lindsay

Margaret Lindsay

Beth Sherman

Roscoe Karns

Roscoe Karns

Cassidy

Mona Barrie

Mona Barrie

Alta Wilton

Keye Luke

Keye Luke

Ah Foo

Hobart Cavanaugh

Hobart Cavanaugh

Charles Miller

Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey

Landeck

Lilian Bond

Lilian Bond

Lola

Miles Mander

Miles Mander

Dr. Wilton

William Newell

William Newell

Swanson

Themes & Keywords

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About A Tragedy at Midnight

A Tragedy at Midnight is a comedy, crime, mystery, thriller film released in 1942 exploring themes of radio, murder. Directed by Joseph Santley, it stars John Howard, Margaret Lindsay, Roscoe Karns. The host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to find a woman with a knife in her back in his bedroom.

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