London After Midnight

"The Man of a Thousand Faces in a great detective thriller!"

2002 0h 47m EN

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★7.1TMDB · 16

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Synopsis

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A reconstruction, made from still photographs, of the lost 1927 Tod Browning film London After Midnight (1927) starring Lon Chaney.

“The Man of a Thousand Faces in a great detective thriller!”

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Cast

Lon Chaney
Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)
Marceline Day
Lucille Balfour (archive footage)
Henry B. Walthall
Sir James Hamlin (archive footage)
Percy Williams
Williams, Balfour's Butler (archive footage)
Conrad Nagel
Arthur Hibbs (archive footage)
Polly Moran
Miss Smithson, the New Maid (archive footage)
Edna Tichenor
Luna, Bat Girl (archive footage)
Claude King
Roger Balfour (archive footage)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Rick Schmidlin
Writers: Tod Browning, Waldemar Young
Languages: No Language
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 47-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 24 years ago.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Robert Israel. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Christopher Gray shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Lon Chaney and Marceline Day and Henry B. Walthall carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The Man of a Thousand Faces in a great detective thriller!".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0339312 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Rick Schmidlin directs. Robert Israel scores. Christopher Gray cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in No Language.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 47-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 24 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Original score by Robert Israel. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Christopher Gray shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Lon Chaney and Marceline Day and Henry B. Walthall carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The Man of a Thousand Faces in a great detective thriller!".
8IMDB entry: tt0339312 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 16 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Released under 15 different titles around the world.