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Black Midnight (1949) [NR]

Release Date:
October 1, 1949

Original Title:
Black Midnight

Genres:
Drama | Western

Production Companies:
Monogram Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 66

Wild Suspense . . . Wild Adventure ! Thrilling Drama of a Wild Horse . . . and a Boy Who tames It !

Overview from TheMovieDB

A young man with a love of horses, Scott Jordan (Roddy McDowall) lives on the family ranch with his uncle Bill (Damian O’Flynn). When he buys a wild stallion from his black-sheep cousin Daniel (Rand Brooks), Scott names the horse Midnight and does his best to tame him. But when the sheriff (Sky King’s Kirby Grant) suspects the stallion was stolen and Daniel’s plan to get rid of the horse ends with a man being trampled, Scott must prove Midnight acted in self-defense before his uncle destroys him. The fourth of six films McDowall coproduced and starred in for Monogram Pictures, Black Midnight was directed by Oscar “Budd” Boetticher, whose seven Westerns with Randolph Scott are considered classics of the genre.

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Production

Art Direction:
Dave Milton

Assistant Director:
Wesley Barry

Associate Producer:
Ace Herman
Roddy McDowall

Camera Operator:
John J. Martin

Director:
Budd Boetticher

Director of Photography:
William A. Sickner

Editor:
Ace Herman

Gaffer:
Lloyd Garnell

Makeup Artist:
Ted Larsen

Music Director:
Edward J. Kay

Producer:
Lindsley Parsons

Screenplay:
Erna Lazarus
Clint Johnston

Script Supervisor:
Bobbie Sierks

Sound:
John R. Carter

Sound Recordist:
John R. Carter

Still Photographer:
Talmadge Morrison

Story:
Clint Johnston

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