The Other Side of Midnight (1977)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Charles Jarrott

Writers:

Herman Raucher (writer)
Sidney Sheldon (novel)

Release Date:

8 June 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

The Romance Of Passion And Power

Plot:

A Greek tycoon's mistress tries to track down and find her ex-World War II lover.

Plot Keywords:

Pilot | WWII | Sapphire | Woman Crying | Lockheed L 10 Electra

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Marie-France Pisier	...	Noelle Page
John Beck	...	Larry Douglas
Susan Sarandon	...	Catherine Alexander Douglas
Raf Vallone	...	Constantin Demeris
Clu Gulager	...	Bill Fraser
Christian Marquand	...	Armand Gautier
Michael Lerner	...	Barbet
Sorrell Booke	...	Lanchon
Antony Ponzini	...	Paul Metaxas
Louis Zorich	...	Demonides
Charles Cioffi	...	Chotas
Dimitra Arliss	...	Sister Theresa
Jan Arvan	...	Warden
Josette Banzet	...	Madame Rosa
John Chappell	...	Doc Petersen

Runtime:

165 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:R | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Sweden:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Camarillo Airport - 555 Airport Way, Camarillo, California, USA

Company:

Frank Yablans Presentations

Trivia:

Because of a phenomenal success of the book, 20th Century Fox was sure that this was going to be a huge hit at the box office. At the same time there were such low expectations surrounding Star Wars (1977) that most theaters refused to book the film. So the distributor at Fox came up with the idea of a package deal: telling theater chains that if they wanted this movie they had to book Star Wars first. This movie went on to become a box office dud while Star Wars went on to become one of the most successful films of all time.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Cathy first comes out of the bedroom and overhears Larry and Noelle planning her demise, she has on underpants beneath her nightgown. But when she runs outside into the rainstorm and her nightgown gets soaking wet you can plainly see she has on no underpants.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (2004) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Chattanooga Choo Choo

not as good as FROM NOON 'TILL THREE

What a success this film was in Australia in 1977.... it ran for months gathering momentum among shop assistants and daytime single women ticket-buyers as a much whispered about 'must see'. well for us fellers, it was a bit raunchy showing off Gallic nubile sexiness among the ruins of Paris in WW2. I guess it also caused the rise of the miniseries movie potboiler drama that paved the way for THE BETSY, THE Greek TYCOON and many other 2hr plus glossy romantic efforts.... most long forgotten. TV really corralled this type of book/drama on film with DYNASTY and KNOTTS LANDING etc. I am surprised that is was considered a flop in the USA when a big hit elsewhere. My main memory is from a suburban cinema in Sydney....400 person sized crowd of couples.... then shocked silence during a bathtub abortion scene... followed immediately by (only) one huge athletic man staggering from his seat in a state of distress, dizzy from what he had seen, lumbering Frankenstein monster-style across the aisle, and ploughed headfirst through the plaster wall on the stairway to the foyer. The building shook and we ran to see what happened. There he was, head first through the wall, slumped in collapse, with frantic audience members trying to pull him, legs first, from the hole. He woke up and started crying: "Awww I didn't like that" he sobbed. We had to stop the projector, tell everyone that he was alright and re wound the film. "Aww don't show that bit again" he protested, so we didn't, we re started from just after. With a mug of tea and his tears wiped up, we re sat him with his cringing date and the movie rolled on....and on and on. Just so you know...FROM NOON TILL THREE is a funny (!) Charles Bronson western with Jill Ireland.. equally as enjoyable 70s. No bathtub abortions but a good train smash.