Black Midnight (1949)
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.
Director:
Budd Boetticher
Writers:
Clint Johnston, Erna Lazarus.
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Roddy McDowall as Scott Jordan |
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Damian O'Flynn as Bill Jordan |
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Lyn Thomas as Cindy Baxter |
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Kirby Grant as Sheriff Gilbert |
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Gordon Jones as Roy |
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Fay Baker as Martha Baxter |
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Rand Brooks as Daniel Jordan |
| Directing | Budd Boetticher | Director |
| Directing | Wesley Barry | Assistant Director |
| Production | Lindsley Parsons | Producer |
| Production | Ace Herman | Associate Producer |
| Production | Roddy McDowall | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Talmadge Morrison | Still Photographer |
| Camera | William A. Sickner | Director of Photography |
| Camera | John J. Martin | Camera Operator |
| Art | Dave Milton | Art Direction |
| Editing | Ace Herman | Editor |
| Sound | Edward J. Kay | Music Director |
| Sound | John R. Carter | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ted Larsen | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Bobbie Sierks | Script Supervisor |
| Writing | Clint Johnston | Screenplay |
| Writing | Erna Lazarus | Screenplay |
| Writing | Clint Johnston | Story |
| Sound | John R. Carter | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Lloyd Garnell | Gaffer |
