Star of Midnight

Star of MidnightStar of Midnight shines in the stylish tradition of Hollywood's Thin Man series, combining the spunk and sparkle of Ginger Rogers and the urbane sophistication of William Powell with gals, gangsters, Broadway and banter to shape a classic `30s whodunit. Powell is a debonair lawyer suspected in the murder of a nosy newspaper columnist. Aided by classy, sassy, marriage minded Rogers, he untangles the Manhattan maze of double crosses, disguises and

a mom-obsessed mortician (Rod Steiger) and other bizarre characters played by such adept farceurs as John Gielgud

Kimball (Lucile Watson)

The Winning of Barbara Worth "blends romance and drama most effectively" (Los Angeles Times) into a touching

beguiling performance" (AllMovie

His daughter Jennifer (Davies)

Ricardo Montalban plays the laconic lothario who lurks at the top of a conspiracy to make off with ultra-secret code books

and "the world's oldest teenager

primo-stoner Charlie and his up-tight cousin Eddie decide it's time to reconnect with their home-grown roots

witty and scathing portrait

courtroom thrills and the fire of a woman too dangerous to trust and too alluring to resist make Angel Face a film-noir classic

gambling czar Carl Charnock (Mel Ferrer) hires private investigator Harold Schillman (Mitchum) to find his missing wife

Lana Turner rarely starred in lavish costume dramas