Bowery at Midnight
Seen it?1942 | 62 min | Crime, Horror, Action
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 crime fans, horror fans and action fans.
- The mood
- Scary, gritty.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 2 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1942: an older pace and style.
A seemingly charitable soup kitchen operator (who moonlights as a criminology professor) uses his Bowery mission as a front for his criminal gang. Police attempt to close in on the gang as they commit a series of robberies, murders and bizarre experiments on corpses.
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 5K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Wallace Fox
- Bela LugosiProf. Frederick Brenner aka Karl Wagner
- John ArcherRichard Dennison
- Wanda McKayJudy Malvern
- Tom NealFrankie Mills
- Vince BarnettCharley
- Anna HopeMrs. Brenner
- John BerkesFingers Dolan
- J. Farrell MacDonaldCapt. Mitchell
- Dave O'BrienDet. Pete Crawford
- Lucille VanceMrs. Malvern