Star of Midnight

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Star of Midnight

Released Apr 10, 1935

1h 30m

Mystery & Thriller

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After his girlfriend, Alice, goes missing, young Tim Winthrop consults with his friend, criminal lawyer Clay Dalzell (William Powell). Clay, joined by his fiancée, Donna Mantin (Ginger Rogers), agrees to help -- only to get involved with the simultaneous disappearance of stage actress Mary Smith, and the shocking murder of a gossip columnist poised to provide vital information about Mary. An unsolved gangster murder and the reappearance of an old flame lead Clay further into the puzzling maze.

James T. Hamada

The Nippu Jiji (Honolulu)

There are several bits of rowdy fun.

Nov 20, 2020

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Ann Ross

Maclean's Magazine

One of those fast, post-Thin-Man murder mysteries which you will have to see twice to unravel properly. Even at that I'm not sure you could unravel it; or that it is worth seeing twice.

Oct 8, 2019

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Graham Greene

The Spectator

A light, quick, sophisticated comedy.

May 15, 2018

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Good escapist entertainment mixing snappy dialogue with pistol shots and cocktails.

Rated: B-

Apr 15, 2009

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nick s

There was little relief from the comic relief, in a detective movie so cute you could put a twitchy nose on it and call it snoopy. This will charm some, but I suspect it won't appeal to most of today's viewers. Just didn't take itself seriously.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/30/24

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Russ

The mystery is inscrutable but Mr. Powell is debonaire and witty as usual and Miss Rogers is a treat for the eyes even without her dancing shoes.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/19/23

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Steve D

Thin-Man ripoff and Thin-Man was extremely overrated.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/12/23

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Frances H

Not bad but the Thin Man series did it a lot better! However, If you are a Thin Man fan and have seen them all over and over, this is worth a watch.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/26/20

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Audience Member

'the thin man' minus myrna loy and add in Ginger Rogers

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

A wannabe Thin Man mystery works pretty well. William Powell plays a lawyer trying to solve the mystery of a murdered actress. Ginger Rogers plays the Nora Charles figure as Powell's fiancé and does a pretty darn good job of trying to live up to the chemistry between Powell and Loy in the Thin Man films. The mystery itself is pretty uninvolving, but Powell and Rogers are a likable enough of onscreen couple that they make the film worth watching. Still, it's no Thin Man.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Stephen Roberts

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William Powell

Clay "Dal" Dalzell

Ginger Rogers

Donna Mantin

Paul Kelly

Jimmy "Jim" Kinland

Howard J. Green

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Anthony Veiller

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Synopsis

After his girlfriend, Alice, goes missing, young Tim Winthrop consults with his friend, criminal lawyer Clay Dalzell (William Powell). Clay, joined by his fiancée, Donna Mantin (Ginger Rogers), agrees to help -- only to get involved with the simultaneous disappearance of stage actress Mary Smith, and the shocking murder of a gossip columnist poised to provide vital information about Mary. An unsolved gangster murder and the reappearance of an old flame lead Clay further into the puzzling maze.

Director: Stephen Roberts
Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Screenwriter: Howard J. Green, Anthony Veiller, Edward Kaufman
Production Co: RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 10, 1935, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 22, 2016
Runtime: 1h 30m

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