Kim Novak, Paddy Chayefsky, Albert Dekker, Glenda Farrell, George Justin, Delbert Mann, and Fredric March in Middle of the Night (1959)

Middle of the Night

Movie1959• Approved• 1h 58m
Drama
⭐ 7.2 / 10(1,955)

A widowed businessman becomes obsessed with one of his employees, the divorcée Betty Preisser.

Rated
Approved
Runtime
1h 58m
Released
1959
Country
United States

Details

Release year: 1959

Storyline

A widowed businessman becomes obsessed with one of his employees, the divorcée Betty Preisser.

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Did you know

• Edward G. Robinson had played the Fredric March part on stage.

• Kim Novak considers this her best performance.

• In 1959, Fredric March was accorded the honor of reading the Gettysburg Address to a joint session of Congress on the 150th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. He accepted this role under the condition that the shooting schedule accommodate the reading. The film makers agreed.

User reviews

⭐ 8/10

I was genuinely amazed at how involved and absorbed I became with this story

👍 58 · 11/22/2009
⭐ 7/10

Stark human drama in the "Marty" vein

👍 62 · 7/30/2006
⭐ 8/10

Frederic March Tango with Kim Novak

👍 44 · 11/3/2008

Technical specs

Sound mix
Mono
Aspect ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Black and White
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