Bowery at Midnight
by Wallace Fox
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Actor: Bela Lugosi, John Archer, Tom Neal, Vince Barnett, Wanda McKayDirector: Wallace Fox
Cinematographer: Mack Stengler
Editor: Carl Pierson
Producer: Barney A. Sarecky
Producer: Jack Dietz
Producer: Sam Katzman
Writer: Gerald Schnitzer
Writer: Sam Robins
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 61 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-06-04
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Alpha Video
Movie Reviews of Bowery at Midnight
Movie Review: Surprisingly Good Flick from Monogram!
Summary: 4 Stars
Monogram Pictures were poverty-row quality, but here, as in a few other Lugosi movies, they make the most of their limited resources and even make a virtue out of them. I don't remember any other movie that captured the seedy, dusty atmosphere of the Bowery as this one. The plot is actually a very interesting one, with a psychology professor masquerading at night as a mission proprietor to front his third line, robbery and murder. Lugosi, in my opinion a vastly underrated and stereotyped actor, does a wonderful job in differentiating the three personae of Professor Brenner (aka Karl Wagner). His tenderness and affection for his wife are very convincingly portrayed; the only real and unexpected jolt is his murdering her in order to prevent the police from discovering his double life. Here is an example of the film's being a bit too short and not being able to fully deliniate the contradictions of the main character; otherwise, this is one of the most interesting interpretations that Bela Lugosi achieved onscreen. The ending is really frightening, as it is suddenly and swiftly presented to the viewer.
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