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Midnight Manhunt

Midnight Manhunt

1945Movie⏱️ 1h 4mApproved
ComedyCrimeMystery
5.3
IMDB Rating
515 votes

A gem heist gone wrong leaves a wanted man dead. A female reporter finds his body and, to claim the reward, hides the body in a wax museum. When the body vanishes, the hunt is on.

Director
William C. Thomas
Writers
N/A
Stars
William Gargan, Ann Savage, Leo Gorcey
Release Date
July 27, 1945
Language
Spanish, English
Country
United States
💬 30
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

William Gargan
William Gargan
as Pete Willis
Ann Savage
Ann Savage
as Sue Gallagher
Leo Gorcey
Leo Gorcey
as Clutch Tracy
George Zucco
George Zucco
as Jelke
Paul Hurst
Paul Hurst
as Murphy
Don Beddoe
Don Beddoe
as Detective Lt. Max Hurley
Charles Halton
Charles Halton
as Henry Miggs
George E. Stone
George E. Stone
as Joe Wells
Robert Barron
Robert Barron
as Cop with Hurley
Martin Cichy
Martin Cichy
as Police Officer

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Production
Pine-Thomas Productions

🏷️ Keywords

reprisalretributiongreedfemale reportermale reporter

🎯 Categories

SpanishComedyCrimeMystery

⭐ Featured Review

The Two-Dollar Bills Are More Than Slightly Off-Target
by JohnHowardReid2008-10-18
6/10

"After Scared Stiff, Ann Savage played the feminine lead in Midnight Manhunt, in which she is relentlessly put down by charmless William Gargan – not one of my favorite leading men by a long chalk. David Lang's script is one of those affairs in which a collection of not overbright characters get themselves involved with murder and missing jewels on the flimsiest of pretexts. As a time filler, this little "B" is overladen with dialogue but still plays with reasonable celerity, thanks more to the sterling efforts of an A-1 support cast led by Leo Gorcey and Charles Halton than to a..."

💡 Did You Know?

The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.

📖 Synopsis

A gem heist gone wrong leaves a wanted man dead. A female reporter finds his body and, to claim the reward, hides the body in a wax museum. When the body vanishes, the hunt is on.