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The Midnight Story (1957)

The Midnight Story poster
Directed by
Joseph Pevney
Genre
film noir
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man investigates the murder of a priest in a small waterfront community. He uncovers secrets and faces moral dilemmas as he gets closer to the truth.

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What happens

The Midnight Story is a 1957 American CinemaScope film noir crime film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Tony Curtis, Marisa Pavan and Gilbert Roland. The film was originally slated to be titled The Eyes of Father Tomasino, after the 1955 Lux Video Theatre TV episode it was based on. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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