Midnight Menace is a 1937 British thriller film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Charles Farrell, Margaret Vyner, Fritz Kortner and Danny Green. The screenplay concerns an international arms manufacturing firm's plans to start a war in Europe by bombing London.[1] It was released in the United States as Bombs Over London.

Midnight Menace
Directed by	Sinclair Hill
Written by	Alexander Mackendrick Roger MacDougall George Moresby-White D.B. Wyndham-Lewis
Produced by	Harcourt Templeman
Starring	Charles Farrell Margaret Vyner Fritz Kortner
Cinematography	Cyril Bristow
Edited by	John E. Morris
Music by	John Reynders
Production company	Grosvenor Films
Distributed by	Associated British Film Distributors
Release date	1 July 1937
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Production

The film was made at Pinewood Studios.[2] Its original script was written by Alexander Mackendrick.[3] The film's sets were designed by Wilfred Arnold.

Cast

• Charles Farrell as Brian Gaunt
• Margaret Vyner as Mary Stevens
• Fritz Kortner as Peters
• Danny Green as Socks
• Wallace Evennett as Smith
• Monti DeLyle as Pierre
• Dino Galvani as Tony
• Arthur Finn as Mac, Newspaper Editor
• Laurence Hanray as Sir George, Lead Conspirator
• Arthur Gomez as Baron von Kleisch, Delegate
• Raymond Lovell as Harris
• Evan John as Doctor Marsh
• Reynes Barton as Conference President
• Terence O'Brien as Secret Agent Fearns
• Dennis Val Norton as Vronsky, Peters' Aide
• Billy Bray as Banks
• Sydney King as Graham Stevens
• Andreas Malandrinos as Zadek
• Victor Tandy as Groves

References

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• Midnight Menace at IMDb

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