Murder at Midnight
- IMDb link: 0022172
- IMDb rating: 5.5 (530 votes)
- Genres: Crime, Mystery
- Director: Frank R. Strayer, Leslie Fenton
- Cast: Aileen Pringle, Alice White, Hale Hamilton and others
- Release date: 1 Sep 1931
- Release year: 1931
- Runtime: 69 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: poverty row film, parlor game, card game, police inspector, mansion, blanks switched to real bullets, criminologist, damsel in distress, held at gunpoint, revenge
Plot:
Wealthy Mr. Kennedy shoots his secretary, Channing, during a parlor game, but it turns out the gun was loaded with real bullets. Luckily, criminologist Phillip Montrose is on hand to help the police. When Kennedy quickly ends up dead as well, the police think it's a tidy murder-suicide, but the family lawyer knows of a letter that voiced Kennedy's suspicions about someone who was out to get him. Soon, the cops are on the trail of a ruthless and clever killer who is one step ahead of even Montrose.