Characters & Themes
Midnight Limited (1940) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1940 · 61 mins · English
- Directed by
- Howard Bretherton
- Starring
- Buck Woods, Marjorie Reynolds, Pat Flaherty, Warren Jackson, Ray Bennett, Wilbur Mack
The Phantom Robber steals jewels and confidential papers on the midnight train, prompting detective Val Lennon and his assistant Joan Marshall to pursue him. After three more attacks and murders, Val offers himself as bait, despite Chief Harrigan’s objections. Disguised as a wealthy Canadian, he boards the Midnight Limited for a deadly confrontation.
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