Middle of the Night (1959)
Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 50s 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.
Director:
Delbert Mann
Writer:
Paddy Chayefsky
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Kim Novak as Betty Preisser |
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Fredric March as Jerry Kingsley |
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Glenda Farrell as Mrs Mueller |
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Jan Norris as Alice Mueller |
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Lee Grant as Marilyn |
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Effie Afton as Mrs Carroll |
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Lee Philips as George Preisser |
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Edith Meiser as Evelyn Kingsley |
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Joan Copeland as Lillian Englander |
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Martin Balsam as Jack Englander |
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David Ford as Paul Kingsley |
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Audrey Peters as Elizabeth Kingsley |
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Betty Walker as Rosalind Neiman |
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Albert Dekker as Walter Lockman |
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Rudy Bond as Louis Gould |
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Lou Gilbert as Sherman |
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Dora Weissman as Lucy Lockman |
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Lee Richardson as Joey Lockman |
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Anna Berger as Caroline |
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Alfred Leberfeld as Abe Ellman |
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Nelson Olmsted as Erskine |
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Walter Mathews as Mickey Hilliard (uncredited) |
| Directing | Delbert Mann | Director |
| Writing | Paddy Chayefsky | Screenplay |
| Writing | Paddy Chayefsky | Theatre Play |
| Camera | Saul Midwall | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Charles H. Maguire | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Tom Browne | Grip |
| Sound | George Bassman | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean Louis | Costume Design |
| Editing | Jean Louis | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | George Bassman | Conductor |
| Art | Leo Kerz | Assistant Art Director |
| Lighting | Edward Knott | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Buddy Fortune | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank L. Thompson | Costume Design |
| Directing | Marguerite James | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Ted Haworth | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Flo Transfield | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Art | Jack Wright Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Carl Lerner | Editor |
| Production | Steve Bono | Production Manager |
| Crew | Everett Chambers | Dialogue Coach |
| Sound | Dick Vorisek | Sound |
| Sound | Richard Gramaglia | Sound |
| Camera | Joseph C. Brun | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | George Newman | Makeup Artist |
| Production | George Justin | Producer |
| Production | Everett Chambers | Casting |
| Production | Irving Temaner | Production Coordinator |