Between Midnight and Dawn

Between Midnight and Dawn
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Directed by	Gordon Douglas
Produced by	Hunt Stromberg
Screenplay by	Eugene Ling
Story by	Gerald Drayson Adams Leo Katcher
Starring	Mark Stevens Edmond O'Brien Gale Storm
Music by	George Duning
Cinematography	George E. Diskant
Edited by	Gene Havlick
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	September 28, 1950 (1950-09-28)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Between Midnight and Dawn is a 1950 American film noir directed by Gordon Douglas, starring Mark Stevens, Edmond O'Brien and Gale Storm.

Plot

Childhood friends Rocky Barnes (Stevens) and Dan Purvis (O'Brien) are Los Angeles prowl car cops on night duty. Barnes is easygoing while Purvis is a cynic who views all lawbreakers as scum. Both men are attracted to radio communicator Kate Mallory (Storm) but she is reluctant to get involved with policemen, her cop father having been killed in the line of duty.

One night Rocky and Dan arrest murderous racketeer Ritchie Garris (Buka) but he escapes and swears vengeance. In a thrill-packed climax, Garris makes a desperate escape using a little kid as a shield. After Garris' girlfriend (Robbins) is killed stepping in front of his gun, Purvis shoots Garris.

Cast

• Mark Stevens as Rocky Barnes
• Edmond O'Brien as Daniel Purvis
• Gale Storm as Katherine Mallory
• Donald Buka as Ritchie Garris
• Gale Robbins as Terry Romaine
• Anthony Ross as Lieutenant Masterson
• Roland Winters as Leo Cusick
• Tito Vuolo as Romano
• Grazia Narciso as Mrs. Romano
• Madge Blake as Mrs. Mallory
• Lora Lee Michel as Kathy
• Jack Del Rio as Louis Franissi
• Philip Van Zandt as Joe Quist
• Cliff Bailey as Sergeant Bailey
• Tony Barr as Harry Yost

External links

• Between Midnight and Dawn at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Between Midnight and Dawn at IMDb
• Between Midnight and Dawn at AllMovie
• Between Midnight and Dawn at the TCM Movie Database