Midnight Limited
Seen it?1940 | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone drawn to the darker side of the street and anyone after some adrenaline. Made for the biggest screen and the loudest speakers you have. Same wavelength as The Score.
- The mood
- Gritty.
- The pace
- Moves at a clip, at 1 hr 1 min. Short enough for a weeknight.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1940: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you prefer quiet, talky stories.
The Phantom Robber gets a fortune in jewels and some valuable papers from a robbery on the crack train "The Midnight Limited" and Val Lennon and his pretty assistant, Joan Marshall, are on his trail. But the Phantom strikes three more times and adds murder to his list. Val decides to use himself as bait, although Chief Harrigan and Joan beg him not to risk his life. But Val, disguised as a wealthy Canadian, boards the train for a rendezvous with a killer.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 2K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Howard Bretherton
- John 'Dusty' KingVal Lennon
- Marjorie ReynoldsJoan Marshall
- George ClevelandProfessor Van Dillon
- Edward KeaneCaptain Harrigan
- Monte CollinsAbel Krantz
- I. Stanford JolleyFrenchie
- Pat FlahertyTrain Conductor
- Herbert AshleyTrainman
- Lita ChevretMae Krantz
- Ray BennettJake Pringle (Uncredited)