Decision at Midnight

Decision at Midnight
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Directed by	Lewis Allen
Written by	Alan Thornhill
Produced by	Lewis Allen Scoville Wishard
Starring	Martin Landau Nora Swinburne Walter Fitzgerald
Cinematography	Harold Rosson
Edited by	Harry Marker
Music by	Paul Dunlap
Release date	1963 (1963)
Running time	93 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom United States
Language	English

Decision at Midnight (also known as Music at Midnight) is a 1963 American-British drama film directed by Lewis Allen and starring Martin Landau, Nora Swinburne and Walter Fitzgerald.[1][2]

Plot

Adaptation of the play 'Music at Midnight', of an Iron Curtain country revolutionary leader who is inspired to talk over things with the dictator after the revolt has failed and come to a mutual arrangement.[3] (BFI synopsis.)

Cast

• Martin Landau as Nils
• Nora Swinburne as Margaret
• Walter Fitzgerald as Prime Minister
• Torin Thatcher as Southstream
• Esmond Knight as Peter Hauser
• John Forrest as Stephen
• Oscar Beregi Jr. as Chief Marshal
• David Janti as Kurtz
• Charles Cameron as Ambassador
• Violet Rensing as Lena
• Rudolph Anders as Uncle
• Hilary Wontner as Forbes
• Donald Simpson as Head waiter
• William Pawley Jr. as Reporter

References

1. "Decision at Midnight". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
2. Goble p.460
3. "Decision at Midnight (1963)". BFI. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2019.

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• Decision at Midnight at IMDb