Decision at Midnight

{{Short description|1963 British film by Lewis Allen}} {{For|the 1986 role-playing game adventure|Decision at Midnight (Star Trek: The Role Playing Game){{!}}''Decision at Midnight (Star Trek: The Role Playing Game)''}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Decision at Midnight | image = Decision at Midnight.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Lewis Allen | producer = Lewis Allen <br> Scoville Wishard | writer = Alan Thornhill | starring = Martin Landau <br> Nora Swinburne <br> Walter Fitzgerald | music = Paul Dunlap | cinematography = Harold Rosson | editing = Harry Marker | studio = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1963}} | runtime = 93 minutes | country = United Kingdom <br> United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Decision at Midnight''''' (also known as '''''Music at Midnight''''') is a 1963 American-British drama film directed by Lewis Allen and starring Martin Landau, Nora Swinburne and Walter Fitzgerald.<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=Decision at Midnight |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150156156 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref><ref>Goble p.460</ref>

==Plot== Adaptation of the play 'Music at Midnight', of an Iron Curtain country revolutionary leader who is inspired to talk over things with the dictator after the revolt has failed and come to a mutual arrangement.<ref name="bfi._Deci">{{Cite web |title=Decision at Midnight (1963) |author= |work=BFI |date= |access-date=12 March 2019 |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b709e4dfc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030125432/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b709e4dfc|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 30, 2020}}</ref> (''BFI synopsis.'')

==Cast== * Martin Landau as Nils * Nora Swinburne as Margaret * Walter Fitzgerald as Prime Minister * Torin Thatcher as Southstream * Esmond Knight as Peter Hauser * John Forrest as Stephen * Oscar Beregi Jr. as Chief Marshal * David Janti as Kurtz * Charles Cameron as Ambassador * Violet Rensing as Lena * Rudolph Anders as Uncle * Hilary Wontner as Forbes * Donald Simpson as Head waiter * William Pawley Jr. as Reporter

==References== <references/>

==Bibliography== * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0167879}}

Category:1963 films Category:American drama films Category:British drama films Category:1963 drama films Category:Films directed by Lewis Allen Category:1963 English-language films Category:1963 American films Category:1963 British films Category:English-language drama films Category:American black-and-white films Category:British black-and-white films