# Midnight Episode > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Midnight_Episode > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Midnight_Episode.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Episode > Source revision: 1339679797 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1950 film by Gordon Parry Midnight Episode Theatrical release poster Directed by Gordon Parry Written by Rita Barisse Screenplay by Paul Vincent Carroll David Evans William Templeton Reeve Tyler Rita Barisse Based on Monsieur La Souris by Georges Simenon Produced by Theo Lageard Starring Stanley Holloway Leslie Dwyer Reginald Tate Meredith Edwards Wilfrid Hyde-White Sebastian Cabot Joy Shelton Raymond Young Leslie Perrins Campbell Copelin Natasha Parry Cinematography Hone Glendinning Edited by Charles Hasse Music by Mischa Spoliansky Production company Triangle Film Corporation Distributed by Columbia Pictures (1951) UK Fine Arts Films (1955) USA Release date 31 December 1950 (1950-12-31) (United Kingdom) Running time 78 minutes Country Britain Language English[1] ***Midnight Episode*** is a 1950 British [thriller](/source/Thriller_film) [mystery](/source/Mystery_film) film directed by [Gordon Parry](/source/Gordon_Parry_(film_director)) and starring [Stanley Holloway](/source/Stanley_Holloway), [Leslie Dwyer](/source/Leslie_Dwyer), [Reginald Tate](/source/Reginald_Tate) and [Meredith Edwards](/source/Meredith_Edwards_(actor)).[2][3] The screenplay was by [Paul Vincent Carroll](/source/Paul_Vincent_Carroll), [David Evans](/source/David_Evans_(writer)) and [William Templeton](/source/William_Templeton_(screenwriter)) from an adaptation by [Rita Barisse](/source/Rita_Barisse) and Reeve Tyler of the 1938 novel *Monsieur La Souris* by [Georges Simenon](/source/Georges_Simenon).[4] The film was released in United States on 19 May 1955.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Plot An indigent street performer of Shakesperian verse chances upon a wallet filled with money and private papers. For its loser's desperate acquaintances, the papers have more value than any finder could conceive. A value for them its retrieval makes imperative, and, for the seemingly- fortunate finder, its longed-for riches only involve him in their violent world, and in more trouble than he ever knew, as a poorer man. ## Cast - [Stanley Holloway](/source/Stanley_Holloway) as Professor Prince[5] - [Leslie Dwyer](/source/Leslie_Dwyer) as Albert - [Reginald Tate](/source/Reginald_Tate) as Inspector Lucas - [Meredith Edwards](/source/Meredith_Edwards_(actor)) as Detective Sergeant Taylor - [Wilfrid Hyde-White](/source/Wilfrid_Hyde-White) as Mr. Knight - [Joy Shelton](/source/Joy_Shelton) as Mrs. Arnold - Raymond Young as Miller - [Leslie Perrins](/source/Leslie_Perrins) as Charles Mason - [Sebastian Cabot](/source/Sebastian_Cabot_(actor)) as Benno - [Campbell Copelin](/source/Campbell_Copelin) as the General - [Natasha Parry](/source/Natasha_Parry) as Jill Harris ## Reviews *[The Monthly Film Bulletin](/source/The_Monthly_Film_Bulletin)* wrote: "This is an English version of the French film, *[Monsieur la Souris](/source/Monsieur_La_Souris)*, in which Raimu played the lead. As transferred to London, scene and atmosphere seem very artificial, and the story, poorly directed, is confused and not particularly exciting. Stanley Holloway, although occasionally achieving a comic moment, misses the character that Raimu found in the part; the rest of the cast is second-rate."[6] *[Kine Weekly](/source/Kine_Weekly)* wrote: "The film, adapted from the French, is admittedly off the beaten track, but it lacks tension and cohesion. After the first 20 minutes interest begins to wane, and not even the experienced and resourceful Stanley Holloway can restore it."[7] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Dixon1994_1-0)** Wheeler W. Dixon (1994). [*Re-Viewing British Cinema, 1900–1992: Essays and Interviews*](https://books.google.com/books?id=1cQga1cl5OgC&pg=PA162). SUNY Press. pp. 162–. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7914-1862-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7914-1862-8). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-BFIsearch_2-0)** ["Midnight Episode"](https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150028897). *British Film Institute Collections Search*. Retrieved 3 January 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Spicer2010_3-0)** Andrew Spicer (2010). [*Historical Dictionary of Film Noir*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ixVekSdvQCMC&pg=PA445). Scarecrow Press. pp. 445–. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8108-7378-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8108-7378-0). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Mayer2012_4-0)** Geoff Mayer (2012). [*Historical Dictionary of Crime Films*](https://books.google.com/books?id=7AuRjwS9KDkC&pg=PA352). Scarecrow Press. pp. 352–. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8108-6769-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8108-6769-7). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Pettigrew1982_5-0)** Terence Pettigrew (1982). [*British Film Character Actors: Great Names and Memorable Moments*](https://books.google.com/books?id=z3Wl9qRevrEC&pg=PA92). Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 92–. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7153-8270-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7153-8270-7). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Midnight Episode"](https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305815219). *[The Monthly Film Bulletin](/source/The_Monthly_Film_Bulletin)*. **18** (204): 219. 1 January 1951. [ProQuest](/source/ProQuest) [1305815219](https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305815219). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Midnight Episode"](https://www.proquest.com/docview/2732588123). *[Kine Weekly](/source/Kine_Weekly)*. **405** (2270): 19. 28 December 1950. [ProQuest](/source/ProQuest) [2732588123](https://www.proquest.com/docview/2732588123). ## External links - [*Midnight Episode*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0178757/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Gordon Parry Bond Street (1948) Third Time Lucky (1949) Now Barabbas (1949) Golden Arrow (1949) Midnight Episode (1950) Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951) Women of Twilight (1952) Innocents in Paris (1953) Front Page Story (1954) Fast and Loose (1954) A Yank in Ermine (1955) Sailor Beware! (1956) A Touch of the Sun (1956) The Surgeon's Knife (1957) Tread Softly Stranger (1958) The Navy Lark (1959) Friends and Neighbours (1959) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Midnight Episode](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Episode) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Episode?action=history)). 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