Middle of the Night (1959)
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Scripter Paddy Chayevsky altered his successful stageplay for this routine cinematic version of Middle of the Night, emphasizing the self-centered interests of the relatives and friends who surround Jerry Kingsley (Fredric March). Jerry is a widower, a lonely but successful clothing manufacturer who falls in love with Betty Preisser (Kim Novak), one of his employees. The employee-boss relationship is one hurdle the erstwhile couple have to overcome, another is the thirty-year difference in their ages, and the last is the attitudes of the couples' relatives -- each close relative (mother, daughter, sister) feels marginated by the relationship, left out in the cold, forgotten. These attitudes do not bode well for any future walk up the aisle. Director Delbert Mann is best known for his 1955, award-winning Marty. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Kim Novak - Betty Preisser
- Glenda Farrell - Mrs. Mueller, Betty's Mother
- Martin Balsam - Jack
- Lee Philips - George Preisser
- Joan Copeland - Lillian Kingsley
- Lou Gilbert - Sherman
- Effie Afton - Mrs. Carroll
- David Ford - Paul Kingsley
- Lee Richardson - Joey, Lockman's Son
- Nelson Olmsted - Erskine
- Fredric March - Jerry Kingsley
- Albert Dekker - Walter Lockman
- Lee Grant - Marilyn
- Edith Meiser - Evelyn Kingsley
- Betty Walker - Rosalind Neiman, the Widow
- Rudy Bond - Gould
- Jan Norris - Alice Mueller
- Dora Weissman - Lucy, Lockman's Wife
- Anna Berger - Caroline
- Director(s):
- Delbert Mann
- Writer(s):
- Paddy Chayefsky
- Producer(s):
- George Justin
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