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Midnight Lace

Midnight Lace

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Midnight Lace

"Even with the arms of her love around her...she still felt the menace of that voice in the night!"

1960

1h 48m

6.6(130 votes)

Mystery

Thriller

Overview

Kit Preston begins to unravel when she receives threatening telephone calls informing her she's soon to be murdered.

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Universal International Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Doris Day

Doris Day

Kit Preston

Rex Harrison

Rex Harrison

Anthony Preston

John Gavin

John Gavin

Brian Younger

Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy

Aunt Bea

Roddy McDowall

Roddy McDowall

Malcolm

Herbert Marshall

Herbert Marshall

Charles Manning

Natasha Parry

Natasha Parry

Peggy Thompson

Hermione Baddeley

Hermione Baddeley

Dora Hammer

John Williams

John Williams

Inspector Byrnes

Richard Ney

Richard Ney

Daniel Graham

Creative team

Directed by: David Miller
Written by: Ivan Goff
Ben Roberts
Produced by: Ross Hunter
Martin Melcher

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