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#557
Seen It:
Yes
#557
Seen It:
Yes
USA / English
| Sidney Toler | |
| Frances Chan | |
| Mantan Moreland | |
| Joseph Crehan |
| Director | Phil Rosen |
| Producer | James S. Burkett; Philip N. Krasne |
| Writer | George Callahan |
Released in 1944 as Black Magic, this "unusually absorbing" (Los Angeles Times) mystery was celebrated on the revival circuit, making it one of the best-known films of the series! Filled with fun spiritualist gags, like levitating hankies and gamboling skeletons, Meeting at Midnight is a rendezvous you'll want to experience again and again!
When Birmingham (Mantan Moreland) gets a job as a butler for the Bonner family, he doesn't know that they're con artists who specialize in trick séances. But things get really spooky when a murder occurs...and Charlie Chan's Daughter Frances becomes a suspect! Charlie (Sidney Toler) surmises that nearly everybody has a motive - but even he doesn't yet realize how dangerous these ghoulish swindlers are!
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Features
| Fact From The Vault Created in a time when casting Caucasians in minority roles was considered acceptable, the Charlie Chan films continue to spark debate to this day. |