Decision at Midnight explained

Decision at Midnight
Director:	Lewis Allen
Producer:	Lewis Allen Scoville Wishard
Starring:	Martin Landau Nora Swinburne Walter Fitzgerald
Music:	Paul Dunlap
Cinematography:	Harold Rosson
Editing:	Harry Marker
Runtime:	93 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom United States

Decision at Midnight (also known as Music at Midnight) is a 1963 American-British drama film directed by Lewis Allen and starring Martin Landau, Nora Swinburne and Walter Fitzgerald.^{[1] [2]}

Plot

Adaptation of the play 'Music at Midnight', of an Iron Curtain country revolutionary leader who is inspired to talk over things with the dictator after the revolt has failed and come to a mutual arrangement.^[3] (BFI synopsis.)

Cast

• Martin Landau as Nils
• Nora Swinburne as Margaret
• Walter Fitzgerald as Prime Minister
• Torin Thatcher as Southstream
• Esmond Knight as Peter Hauser
• John Forrest as Stephen
• Oscar Beregi Jr. as Chief Marshal
• David Janti as Kurtz
• Charles Cameron as Ambassador
• Violet Rensing as Lena
• Rudolph Anders as Uncle
• Hilary Wontner as Forbes
• Donald Simpson as Head waiter
• William Pawley Jr. as Reporter

References

1. Web site: Decision at Midnight . 12 August 2024 . British Film Institute Collections Search.
2. Goble p.460
3. Web site: Decision at Midnight (1963) . . 12 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201030125432/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b709e4dfc. dead. October 30, 2020.

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.