Movie: Half Past Midnight

Top 10 Billed Cast

Kent Taylor
Kent Taylor

Wade Hamilton

Peggy Knudsen
Peggy Knudsen

Sally Ferris, alias Sally Parker

Joe Sawyer
Joe Sawyer

Det. Lt. Joe Nash

Walter Sande
Walter Sande

Det. Lt. MacDonald

Martin Kosleck
Martin Kosleck

Cortez

Mabel Paige
Mabel Paige

Hester Thornwall

Gil Stratton
Gil Stratton

Chick Patrick

Jean Wong
Jean Wong

Blossom Gow

Jane Everett
Jane Everett

Carlotta Evans

Damian O'Flynn
Damian O'Flynn

Murray Evans

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  • Overview

    A detective encounters a woman in a nightclub. He finds that she is being blackmailed by a dancer who is murdered that very night. Of course, the woman becomes the main suspect. She and the gumshoe team up and begin searching for the real killer.

  • Release Date

    1948-03-01

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
  • Tagline

    You have a date...with DANGER, MURDER and ROMANCE!

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
  • Keywords

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