The Crime at Midnight
NR 1936 · 63 min · ★ 8.0 · Crime
A newly hired police chief vows to clean up a notoriously corrupt police department. When he is murdered, investigators find that there is no shortage of suspects, most of them being fellow cops. Alternate language version of MIDNIGHT PHANTOM (1935)
Directed by Bernard B. Ray · Written by John T. Neville
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Ramón Pereda David Graham -
Adriana Lamar Diana Sullivan -
Juan Torena Alberto Burke - J José Luis Tortosa Chief James Sullivan
- A Aura de Silva Kate
- J Jaime Devesa Withers
- R Rosa Rey Señora Ryan
- J José Peña Doctor McNeill
- L Lucio Villegas Doctor Kelly
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Carlos Montalbán Johnny
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