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Midnight Mystery (1930)

Midnight Mystery poster
Directed by
George B. Seitz
Genre
mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 09m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of people gather on an island where a murder takes place. A detective works to uncover the killer among the suspects.

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What happens

Midnight Mystery is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery film directed by George B. Seitz, from a screenplay by Beulah Marie Dix, which was adapted from the play Hawk Island by Howard Irving Young. Betty Compson starred, leading an ensemble cast which included Hugh Trevor, Lowell Sherman, Rita La Roy, Ivan Lebedeff, Raymond Hatton, June Clyde and Marcelle Corday. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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