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The Midnight Man
Also known as 深夜の人 in Japan; The Mystery Man in the United Kingdom
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 18 chapters / 36 reels
Directed by James W. Horne
Cast: James J. Corbett [Bob Gilmore, also known as Jim Stevens, also known as The Midnight Man], Kathleen O’Connor [Nell Morgan], Joseph W. Girard [Henry Morgan], Georgia Woodthorpe [Martha Gilmore], Frank Jonasson [John Gilmore], William Sauter [Hargreaves], Noble Johnson [Spike], Orral Humphrey [John Zafara], Joseph Singleton [Steve Arnold], Montgomery Carlyle, Ann Forrest, Sam Polo
The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Universal Super Serial]. / Scenario by Harvey Gates, from a screen story by Frank Howard Clark and James W. Horne. / 18 chapters: [1] “Cast Adrift,” released 1 September 1919; [2] “Deadly Enemies,” released 8 September 1919; [3] “Ten Thousand Dollars Reward,” released 15 September 1919; [4] “At Bay,” released 22 September 1919; [5] “Unmasked,” released 29 September 1919; [6] “The Elevator Mystery,” released 6 October 1919; [7] “The Electric Foe,” released 13 October 1919; [8] “Shadow of Fear,” released 20 October 1919; [9] “A Society Hold-Up,” released 27 October 1919; [10] “The Blazing Torch,” released 3 November 1919; [11] “The Death Ride,” released 10 November 1919; [12] “The Tunnel of Terror,” released 17 November 1919; [13] “A Fight to the Finish,” released 24 November 1919; [14] “The Jaws of Death,” released 1 December 1919; [15] “The Wheel of Terror,” released 8 December 1919; [16] “Hurled from the Heights,” released 15 December 1919; [17] “The Cave of Destruction,” released 22 December 1919; [18] “A Wild Finish,” released 29 December 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The serial was released in Canada by Canadian Universal Film Company in 1920. The serial was released in the United Kingdom as The Mystery Man by European Motion Picture Company beginning 4 January 1926.
Drama: Action.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Serials - Transportation: Automobiles, Motorcycles
Listing updated: 1 May 2020.
References: Edmonds-BigU pp. 106, 107; Lahue-Continued pp. 70-71, 286; Pitts-Hollywood p. 132; Stedman-Serials p. 53 : ClasIm-224 p. 55 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
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