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Before Midnight (1933)

Before Midnight poster
Directed by
Lambert Hillyer
Genre
adventure, crime, drama, mystery
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 03m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.6 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A New York police inspector investigates a crime. He follows clues and interviews suspects to find the truth.

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What happens

Before Midnight is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery crime film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Ralph Bellamy, June Collyer and Claude Gillingwater. Produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, it was the first in a series of four films featuring Inspector Steve Trent of the NYPD. Bellamy featured in all three sequels One Is Guilty, The Crime of Helen Stanley and Girl in Danger. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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