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The Midnight Story

The strangest manhunt in the history of crime!

6.1(33)19571h 29m2

Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few clues. But traffic cop Joe Martini becomes obsessed with finding the killer; he suspects Sylvio Malatesta. Ordered off the case, Joe turns in his badge and investigates alone. Soon he is a close friend of the Malatesta family, all delightful people, especially lovely cousin Anna. Uncertain whether Sylvio is guilty or innocent, Joe is now torn between old and new loyalties.

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Released
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Language
English
  • cop
  • film noir
  • murder
  • priest

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Behind the camera

Writers

Edwin Blum

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR4 Jun 1957
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical165 Nov 1957

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The Midnight Story was released on 4 June 1957.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    12/6/2015

    7/10

    This Martini is shaken but not stirred. The Midnight Story (AKA: Appointment With A Shadow) is directed by Joseph Pevney and written by Edwin Blum and John Robinson. It stars Tony Curtis, Marisa Pavan, Gilbert Roland and Jay C. Flippen. Music is by Joseph Gershenson and CinemaScope cinematography is by Russell Metty. When a San Francisco priest is murdered, friend of the priest, Joe Martini (Curtis), a traffi…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    11/11/2023

    6/10

    Tony Curtis is a keen San Francisco cop ("Joe") who is convinced that the killer of a local priest is none other than local crab fisherman "Malatesta" (Gilbert Roland). There's no evidence, though, and that man has a fairly cast iron alibi. His boss "KIlrain" (Ted de Corsia) tells him to forget it but he can't, so he quits and with a bit of off-the-books help from his sergeant "Gillen" (Jay C. Flippen) he sets out to…

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