Midnight Club
Cast & Crew
Alexander Hall
Clive Brook
George Raft
Helen Vinson
Alison Skipworth
Sir Guy Standing
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Synopsis
In Britain, a gang of jewel thieves comprised of Colin Grant, Iris Whitney, Arthur Bradley and George Rubens operate out of the Midnight Club, a nightclub. They cleverly use doubles who stay in the club creating an alibi while they are out stealing jewels. Commissioner Arthur Hope is on friendly terms with them, but is anxious to bring them to justice. He brings in American detective Nick Mason to help him crack the case. Nick believes there is a connection between the gang and a smuggling ring in the United States. He infiltrates the gang by pretending to be a thief himself. He manages to catch Iris unaware, and strips her to find the jewels hidden on her after a robbery. Iris is indignant, but soon after, Nick foils their next robbery attempt at the home of Colin's friend, Lady Edna Barrett-Smythe, Nick leaves Edna's jewels behind in a self-addressed box, but Colin thwarts him by retrieving it. Believing that Nick would be more helpful as an ally than a competitor, they take him into the gang, and send him and Iris to steal a Duchess' emeralds at a ball. Iris, who still dislikes Nick because of their first encounter, is reluctant to go along with him. Nick successfully steals the jewels as he had secretly arranged with the Duchess beforehand. His success prompts Colin to show Nick how they have a ceramicist seal the jewels within fresh clay vases, which are then sent to the United States. Iris's hate soon turns to love, and after they confess their love for each other, Nick tries to convince Iris to go straight. This inspires Colin's jealousy, who reveals Nick to be a detective. He handcuffs Nick and the gang escapes. After a moment, Iris returns, and cuffs herself to Nick, so that he will not appear to have failed his assignment. Iris is arrested and because she will not squeal on the gang, is going to be sent to prison. Colin turns himself in, however, taking the rap for the crimes so that Iris, in a special arrangement with Hope, will be free to pursue her relationship with Nick in America. After all is well, Hope realizes he will be bored without having the gang to chase after.
Cast
Clive Brook
George Raft
Helen Vinson
Alison Skipworth
Sir Guy Standing
Alan Mowbray
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Forrester Harvey
Ethel Griffies
Billy Bevan
Charles Mcnaughton
Paul Perry
Celeste Ford
Pat Somerset
Rita Carlyle
Jean De Briac
Lee "lasses" White
Teru Shimada
Charles Coleman
Mary Maclaren
Elinor Fair
Julanne Johnston
Crew
Bill Austin
Francis Burgess
Leslie Charteris
Roy Clark
Earl Crowley
Pat Drew
Gordon Jennings
Roy Kreuger
Eric Locke
Eugene Merritt
Seton I. Miller
Ralph Rainger
Leo Robin
Theodor Sparkuhl
Frank Titus
Bayard Veiller
Eda Warren
Phil G. Wisdom
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The title card reads "E. Phillips Oppenheim's Midnight Club." A news item in Hollywood Reporter notes that this film was banned in Czechoslovakia because "it shows the technique of committing a crime."
