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Release Date:
May 20, 1959
Original Title:
Middle of the Night
Genres:
Drama | Romance
Production Companies:
Columbia Pictures
Sudan Productions
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 118
Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 60s when his wife dies. Despite the difference in their ages, he strikes up a romance with divorced 24-year-old receptionist Betty. The relationship is dismissed by his daughter, Lillian, discouraged by his sister, Evelyn, and denounced by Betty's mother. But when Jerry begins to mention marriage, even Betty is forced to confront her ambivalence.
Art Direction:
Ted Haworth
Assistant Art Director:
Leo Kerz
Assistant Director:
Charles H. Maguire
Assistant Editor:
Jean Louis
Camera Operator:
Saul Midwall
Casting:
Everett Chambers
Conductor:
George Bassman
Costume Design:
Frank L. Thompson
Jean Louis
Dialogue Coach:
Everett Chambers
Director:
Delbert Mann
Director of Photography:
Joseph C. Brun
Editor:
Carl Lerner
Gaffer:
Buddy Fortune
Edward Knott
Grip:
Tom Browne
Makeup Artist:
George Newman
Original Music Composer:
George Bassman
Producer:
George Justin
Production Coordinator:
Irving Temaner
Production Manager:
Steve Bono
Screenplay:
Paddy Chayefsky
Script Supervisor:
Marguerite James
Set Decoration:
Jack Wright Jr.
Sound:
Dick Vorisek
Richard Gramaglia
Technical Advisor:
Lionel Kaplan
Theatre Play:
Paddy Chayefsky
Wardrobe Supervisor:
Flo Transfield
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