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Midnight Manhunt is a american film of genre Thriller released in USA on 27 july 1945 with William Gargan
Midnight Manhunt (1945)
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Add to a movie listMidnight Manhunt is a 1945 crime film mystery directed by William C. Thomas and written by David Lang. The film premiered on July 24, 1945 and is in the public domain.
The film stars William Gargan, Ann Savage, Leo Gorcey and George Zucco.
Synopsis
Midnight Manhunt begins with the shooting death of a master criminal who expires in a wax museum. Reporter Sue Gallagher (Ann Savage) is first on the scene, but she is soon in competition with her boyfriend, fellow reporter Pete Willis (William Gargan). The killer traps Sue in the wax museum when he returns there looking for the body. Leo Gorcey plays the caretaker of the wax museum.Actors
William Gargan
(Pete Willis)
Ann Savage
(Sue Gallagher)
Leo Gorcey
(Clutch Tracy)
George Zucco
(Jelke)
Paul Hurst
(Murphy)
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