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Middle of the Night

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Original title

Middle of the Night

Year

1959

Running time

118 min.

Country

United States

Director

Delbert Mann

Screenwriter

Paddy Chayefsky. Play: Paddy Chayefsky

Cast

Music

George Bassman

Cinematography

Joseph C. Brun (B&W)

Producer

Columbia Pictures

Genre

Drama | Melodrama

Synopsis

Jerry Kingsley (March) is a widower, a lonely but successful clothing manufacturer who falls in love with Betty Preisser (Novak), one of his employees. The employee-boss relationship is one hurdle the erstwhile couple have to overcome, another is the thirty-year difference in their ages, and the last is the attitudes of the couples' relatives -- each close relative (mother, daughter, sister) feels marginated by the relationship, left out in the cold, forgotten. These attitudes do not bode well for any future walk up the aisle.

Awards: 1959: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Actor - Drama (Fredric March)

1959: Cannes Film Festival: Nominated for Palme d'Or (Best Film)

1959: National Board of Review: Top 10 Best Films

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Middle of the Night

1959

Delbert Mann

6.5

(141)