Rotten
Direction by Mitchell Leisen is generally satisfactory, although picture is slow in getting under way and has several spots that could be tightened.
Variety Staff, Variety
Midnight
You'll have the time of your LIFE at MIDNIGHT!
1939 · 1h 34m · NOT RATED
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Mitchell Leisen
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Midnight
Overview
An unemployed American showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian high society.
Director and cast
- Mitchell Leisen Director
- Claudette Colbert as Eve Peabody
- Don Ameche as Tibor Czerny
- John Barrymore as Georges Flammarion
- Francis Lederer as Jacques Picot
- Mary Astor as Helene Flammarion
- Elaine Barrie as Simone
- Hedda Hopper as Stephanie
- Rex O'Malley as Marcel
- Monty Woolley as The Judge
- Armand Kaliz as Lebon
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Funny and forgettable.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Fresh
It has a superbly malicious script by Brackett and Wilder, gorgeous sets and camerawork, and a matchless cast. All in all, probably Leisen's best film.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
Pictures like Midnight should strike more often.
Frank S. Nugent, New York Times
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