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Overview
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Writers:
Janet Green (play)
Ivan Goff (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
23 December 1960 (West Germany) more
Plot:
Kit and Anthony Preston never had a real honeymoon, and the midnight lace pajamas are for when they can finally get out of London... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 nominations more
User Comments:
This is one of Doris Day's best acting performances outside of her musical/comedy roles. more (41 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Doris Day | ... | Kit Preston | |
| Rex Harrison | ... | Anthony 'Tony' Preston | |
| John Gavin | ... | Brian Younger | |
| Myrna Loy | ... | Beatrice ('Aunt Bea') Corman | |
| Roddy McDowall | ... | Malcolm | |
| Herbert Marshall | ... | Charles Manning | |
| Natasha Parry | ... | Peggy Thompson | |
| Hermione Baddeley | ... | Dora Hammer | |
| John Williams | ... | Insp. Byrnes | |
| Richard Ney | ... | Daniel Graham | |
| Anthony Dawson | ... | Roy Ash | |
| Rhys Williams | ... | Victor Elliot | |
| Richard Lupino | ... | Simon Foster | |
| Hayden Rorke | ... | Dr. Garver | |
| Doris Lloyd | ... | Nora, The Housekeeper |
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Runtime:
110 min | 108 min (TCM print)
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (re-rating) (2000) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:16
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In her autobiography, Doris Day wrote that to prepare herself for one of the terror scenes, she recalled a time when her first husband, trombonist Al Jorden, dragged her out of bed when she was ill and pregnant and hurled her against a wall. Day related that in the scene she wasn't acting hysterical, she WAS hysterical, and at the end of the take she collapsed in a real faint. She was carried to her dressing room, and producer Ross Hunter shut down production for a few days while she recovered. more
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Continuity: When Brian Younger is walking by Kit Preston's building, he hears the door to the construction site squeaking loudly as it opens and shuts. A second later he goes through it, and the door makes no sound at all. more
Quotes:
Aunt Bea:
'Swan Lake' makes me terribly thirsty.
Charles Manning:
Must have something to do with those long necks.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Mad Men: Long Weekend (#1.10)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Midnight Lace more
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This is one of Ms. Day's best performances in her film career up to the time (1960) of its release . With an old style English flair for suspense,this is a thriller that will keep you guessing right up to the climactic ending. With Rex Harrison,Myrna Loy,John Gavin,Roddy McDowell and a most memorable supporting role performed by John Williams as the Inspector.