Catalog - The City Library

Format:

Blu-ray Disc, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The midnight story / Universal International presents ; screenplay by John Robinson and Edwin Blum ; produced by Robert Arthur ; directed by Joseph Pevney.

Publisher, Date:

[New York] : Kino Lorber, [2021]

Description:

1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

video file

Blu-ray

region A

Summary:

Screen great Tony Curtis (The Vikings, The Great Imposter) gives a powerful performance in the superb '50s film noir The Midnight Story. When a beloved priest Father Tomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alleyway, traffic cop Martini (Curtis) vows to catch the killer. Ordered off the case by homicide detective Kilrain (Ted de Corsia, The Killing), Martini turns in his badge and investigates alone. He follows a hunch that Italian restaurant owner Sylvio (Gilbert Roland, Thunder Bay) could be involved and decided to hide his previous life as a cop in order to become friendly with his suspect's family. But as Martini starts to unravel the truth behind Father Tomasino's murder, he falls in love with the suspect's cousin (Marisa Pavan, The Rose Tattoo), and his world is torn apart by old and new loyalties. Joseph Pevney, the director of Because of You, Six Bridges to Cross, Foxfire and Female on the Beach, helmed this compelling psychological crime drama that boasts gorgeous CinemaScope cinematography by the great Russell Metty (Spartacus).

Target Audience Note:

Rating: Not rated.

Series:

KL studio classics

Film noir, the dark side of cinema ; V

Film noir, the dark side of cinema ; 5.

KL studio classics.

Subjects:

Murderers -- Drama.

Priests -- Drama.

Genre:

Film noir.