Midnight Menace is a 1937 British thriller film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Charles Farrell, Margaret Vyner, Fritz Kortner and Danny Green. The screenplay concerns an international arms manufacturing firm's plans to start a war in Europe by bombing London. It was released in the United States as Bombs Over London.
Production
The film was made at Pinewood Studios. Its original script was written by Alexander Mackendrick. The film's sets were designed by Wilfred Arnold.
Cast
- Charles Farrell as Brian Gaunt
- Margaret Vyner as Mary Stevens
- Fritz Kortner as Peters
- Danny Green as Socks
- Wallace Evennett as Smith
- Monti DeLyle as Pierre
- Dino Galvani as Tony
- Arthur Finn as Mac, Newspaper Editor
- Laurence Hanray as Sir George, Lead Conspirator
- Arthur Gomez as Baron von Kleisch, Delegate
- Raymond Lovell as Harris
- Evan John as Doctor Marsh
- Reynes Barton as Conference President
- Terence O'Brien as Secret Agent Fearns
- Dennis Val Norton as Vronsky, Peters' Aide
- Billy Bray as Banks
- Sydney King as Graham Stevens
- Andreas Malandrinos as Zadek
- Victor Tandy as Groves
References
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- Midnight Menace at IMDb
