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At the Stroke of Twelve

11/15/1941

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0hr 20min

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Drama

STORY

This entry in Warner's "Broadway Brevity" series of shorts is based on Damon Runyon's short story, "The Old Doll's House". Racketeer Lance McGowan, on the night he has decided to go straight, finds himself caught between the gunfire of two rival gangsters and, wounded by a bullet, he finds refuge in the home of a wealthy recluse. One of the gangsters is found riddled with bullets from the gun Lance dropped while making his escape, and he is arrested and tried for murder. The reclusive widow comes to the trail and testifies that Lance was her guest that night when the clock struck twelve, the time of the killing. Lance, while innocent, is also lucky, as the widow had her all her clocks set to always strike twelve, as the time her husband had died.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Craig Stevens
  • Elisabeth Risdon
  • Knox Manning
  • Howard Da Silva
  • Ben Welden

    Director

  • Jean Negulesco

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Warner Bros. Pictures

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

    Cast

    Craig Stevens

    Lane McGowan

    Elisabeth Risdon

    Abigail Osley, aka The Old Doll

    Knox Manning

    Carson

    Howard Da Silva

    Angie the Ox

    Ben Welden

    Babe

    Frank Ferguson

    Prosecuting Attorney

    Eddie Dunn

    Policeman

    Faye Emerson

    Miss LaMond

    Fred Kelsey

    Police Sergeant

    John Ridgely

    Reporter

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