Midnight Limited (1940) CRIME THRILLER
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- čas přidán 6. 04. 2018
- Stars: John 'Dusty' King, Marjorie Reynolds, George Cleveland
Director: Howard Bretherton
Production Company: Sherwill Productions, Inc.
A Phantom thief and murderer is loose on the crack train "The Midnight Limited," but Val Lennon and his pretty assistant are on his trail. Disguised as a wealthy Canadian to use himself as bait, Val boards the train for a rendezvous with a killer! - Krátké a kreslené filmy
Thank you so much for providing these wonderful old time movies. They bring me such joy
CLASSIC FILMS!
Marjorie Reynolds has long been a favorite. She was so beautiful singing White Christmas with Bing Crosby in 1942's Holiday Inn, even if she was lip syncing. She was also Roy Roger's leading lady in one of my favorite westerns, Robin Hood of the Pecos. Thanks for uploading.
These old movies are so much better than what's available today.
Very true.
geezersinc - Not true.
True. I get tired of adverts for movies about things being blown up all the time. Por character development and swearing. Not my cup of tea.
These movies are a bore and a strain on the eyes.
Gisa W Slonim Why are you here then?..the new movies no good.lol.
I enjoy watching old classics with few actors I've never seen before. This was a good one with a great cast n' story! Thanks!
PizzaFlix your movies that you bring us are the ultimate bomb!! I love them all!! Thank You so much!!!
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I love what the old black and white movies bring into my living room each and every day! beats anything on TV or Internet, that has been decimated through ""GREED""
"Greed" is an Erich von Stroheim film of 1924.
I gave a thumbs up for all the cleverness in this film.
These old movies are really so cool.Black & white dark mysterious.Really great thank you
Oooh, this movie is a real goodie !!! I'm loving it right from the start !!!
Sweet Marjorie Reynolds, two years before she became a big star in the Fred Astaire / Bing Crosby film "Holiday Inn". You can see how talented she is even in this early Monogram production.
This is the best. I'm glad to have found this again...one of the few I can watch again and again! So delightful :-)
I wish they would bring train travel back.I sure would like to take a trip like in those old movies.
Me too
Yes sir ... you and me both
@@jugghead-1975 yes! yes! yes!
I take the train from Richmond to nyc all the time. Get a sleeper compartment
Marie Ramby I took Amtrak from Rochester to NYC and I had no problems! I was with my daughter and we had some wine and read and talked. Quite enjoyable!
Absolutely love this among the other black and white oldies. Nothing better.
A Excellent Movie.. Highly Recommended.. Thank You Very Much For Sharing..
An excellent
It's always fun to see how much bang Poverty Row studios could get for very few bucks. John King reminds me of Jeffrey Lynn - the looks, voice, mannerisms. And Marjorie's always a hoot. Thanks for posting this movie.
R. Simon....
I think that term Poverty Row movies is funny.
The way things are right now, I think it would be a real hoot if a new movie studio started up calling themselves POVERTY ROW STUDIOS !!!
What do you think about that? I think it's pretty funny myself.
Great movie, thanks for posting
Amazing how many passengers can't read their ticket
Or be prepared to order in line at a fast food restaurant!! Just amazing
There is nothing on t v anymore they play the same movies over and over..so happy Iv found these old movies. Happy lady...
great movie, thank you.
Thoroughly enjoyable! Thanks for posting!
Yet, another..... Great one!!
If it's a Monogram Picture, it's got to be good! :)
Beats the garbage coming out of Hollywood today.
These old movies used to be shown on TV in television's earlier years.
U so rite movies lyk diss waz shown on TV and now day show junk on tv and cable
There are trains that travel across Canada pretty much daily, and lots of Amtrak trains travelling in various states in the U.S. such as Seattle to L.A. or California to Chicago--I love train travel also, and if you have some money and time, go for it
@@richardprior5139 Yup, but I think the only ones safe on those trains right now are Antifa and Co.
This movie is now 80 yrs old.
Not so many as you might recall. I'm only 65, and love the "archival" treasures that Pizza Flix and others present to us! Peace and stay well
Is it just me -- Val Lennon sounds like he's "narrating" instead of acting. And it works!! His being a hard-boiled detective and all....
Remind me not to let you cook breakfast. I'm not sure you know what "hard-boiled" means.
"Perhaps he might return them to you". Very funny line on the "shadowy" limited!
Dead fox on her shoulders
Sure he will
Love the fashion, Streets, Shops, Restaurants and motorcars in the old movies, and the way people behaved towards each other, and no swearing
👍
Can almost smell the popcorn 😊. It goes with that music!!!!
Thanks for the video.. I love it
Nice old movie thanks for posting it. Was made five years before I was born but still good.
CLASSIC FILMS! And, what's it being made 5 years B4 U were born got to do w anything? Are U too young to watch? A movie never seen is still a new movie ...said the incomparable Lauren Bacall. 😀🌈🙏
great old movie🎥 excellent choice, thank you 🍕🍕🎥🎥❤❤❤
Thanks for sharing the old classics
Very enjoyable!
Old is Gold, a very good movie
Sure.
Is not.💩
I thought this film was made by " Miracle Studio " their motto is
" If it's a good picture then it's a Miracle "
Good one! Thank you, Pizza!
John "Dusty"King never quite made the leading man but toiled for years as a sought after character actor.He had a very suave voice 👏🙌 Think he even came out in some early Perry Mason episodes if I'm not mistaken . RIP everyone very enjoyable flick
Great stuff.
Definitely worth watching. Give it a whirl and enjoy as much as I did. Only Mantan Moreland as the porter was missing! Kind regards to all old black and white "B" movie fans. England, October, 2023,
Thanks!!!
And finally . . . they kiss. Great one!
Midnight Limited, released 20 March 1940 (USA). John 'Dusty' King (as John King) as Valentine 'Val' Lennon; Marjorie Reynolds as Joan Marshall; George Cleveland as Professor van Dillon; Edward Keane as Capt. Harrigan; Monte Collins (as Monty Collins) as Abel Krantz; I. Stanford Jolley as Frenchie; Pat Flaherty, Train Conductor; Herbert Ashley (as Herb Ashley), Train Conductor; Lita Chevret as Mae Krantz; Ray Bennett as Jake Pringle; Joe Caits as Detective Conway; Lane Chandler as Inspector in Montreal; Frank Hagney as Detective Joe O'Neill; Warren Jackson as Joe-Hotel Desk Clerk; Wilbur Mack as Mr. Gellard; Ray Turner as John -Train Porter; Buck Woods as Willy-Train Porter.
Thank you John.
This was fun--the cheese factor is pretty high, but that’s what makes these old Grade B movies so much fun! SPOILER ALERT-- how exactly did the detective know who on the train was behind it all? I didn’t notice any scene about only one coffin arriving at its destination.
Excellent movie 🎥 👌
Good one
Enjoyed this movie. Thank you😊
Wonderful movie
Good movie for just over the hour !
Took me two attemps at watching this only ok film. That's ok..... PizzaFlix is on the way to make my day.....Delivery is a posting away ....with extra crispy crust. !!!!
The lead actor was a little stiff, but his voice was wonderful. Wonderful. And Marjorie Reynolds was always special, but a better actress as she aged. - Hey, wasn't that Grandpa from "Lassie"? Great job. - Lots of neat little unexpected bits of business here.
Another fun one!
PizzaFlix you also have the perfect name too, cuz there's nothing better than eating Pizza while watching your movies, right?!
awesome flick as usual PizzaFlix xo
Love all of the hats Marjorie Reynolds' character wears! Such elegance.
Good movie .
Great classic 😊
Definitely, liked this movie. love the old trains, and traveling on them. TY Pizza.
Me too.
No -No Smoking-
John King does a better acting job ( appesrs more relaxed ) in a film titled " Half A Sinner"...enjoy!!
My brother taking on . From DC it a car train he took video . The cabin has bed little office space bathroom with shower . Even towels. But I dont tbink it has those great dining cars . Its Amtrak. I love train too. The old ones were amazing .
There is no place to hide anything in a train compartment, so just keep it on your person, seems simple. The detective couldn't catch a cold in a snow storm. He should have checked the liquor flash to see if it contained liquor and he made no comment about the old man claiming to have insomnia but was sound asleep and could not be awaked. If one end of the train car was being watched and the thief was not seen, then it was obvious that the thief had to go into the baggage compartment.
flasK. AwakENed.
"On a 'Crack Train'.😂😂😂.. That has a different meaning today. Can't you just see those who are called " crack heads" bustling to board this train... I'm in a humorous mood toi. Loving these black and white movies...
Crack babies.
Not bad for a lazy Saturday afternoon!
I'm retired....everyday is now Saturday!!!! Getting to see films missed AND repeats !! BEST of all they are all on PIZZA FLIX ! ! ! HEAVENLY ! ! .... WELL NOT EXACTLY ! BUT GREAT !
Nice
Good Movie
well, that was the longest hour i've spent in a long time. but Majorie Reynolds saved it.!
See her in " Hometown Story." She runs circles around Norma Jean!
@@iignorerepliesfrombores4010 Marjorie was maybe twenty. Maybe. She was lovely and different and changed her voice - deepened it to where it was distinctive. She said doing "White Christmas" with Bing Crosby she was a few months pregnant. Nevertheless, before shooting the song scene, although Crosby seemed the soul of warmth and kindness, as always, there was only one chair. He refused to give it up to pregnant Marjorie. The truth about him has been told for some time.
@@gailjarvis2592 Not the least bit
surprised. See him in "The
Country Girl" with Grace Kelly.
Probably more like his real self.
BTW, "Holiday Inn" has always
been a favorite of mine.
Thanks for puting these old movies on CZcams, but why do you only upload at 480 quality. Computers these days can easily handle 1080 and higher HD quality. Having a clear picture would greatly enhance the experience :)
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Interesting...
Love any old movie on trains and ships....
👍😀
and planes ("skyliner").
Like 'Lady on the Train' it was all noted at the beginning of the Movie. Two Large Trunks, and a suddenly disappearance of a Passenger.
RUIN plots much?
The main actor looks like a young John Wayne.
Wow...talk about a quick romance..!!
At around 46:00 does the professor under interrogation remind you of Sydney Greenstreet? The dialogue minus the pounds did for me.
Yes, quite a bit. A keen ear, though have. Sydney Greenstreet (first movie role at the ripe age of 63, if I am not mistaken) is the best there is in Casablanca. Followed by Claude Rains and S.Z. Sakall. Admittedly, Bergman, Bogart, and Lorre aren't bad either.😉 Yet, Mr. Greenstreet, alias chucklin' Kasper Gutman, is even better in The Maltese Falcon.
And as to the professor:
"Round-faced and twinkling, George Cleveland had a 58-year career of stage, vaudeville, motion picture, radio and television acting. His first film was Edgar Wallace: Mystery Liner (1934) with Noah Beery and he went on to appear in 150 others. However, he is best remembered as Gramps on the original Lassie (1954) TV series" (source: IMDB).
BTW As to this here film I keep wondering why on earth I'm watching it at all.😊
Tedious.
It was rather sweet.
happy.
Back in the day when you could wear a dead animal on your shoulders
and wear a nice blocked feld hat
Society is now Politically Correct...………….and dying.
Just what I thought. Nowadays, it would just look grotesque.
Glad it's not acceptable nowadays. People have matured.
And yet you eat meat.
I'd give it a 3 out of 10.
Repeated crime doesn't pay. Actually it was dumb after 75k and 60k to go after 10k.
You mean repeated crude crime? But politicians and bankers do commit repeated crimes but in a more subtle way, and get away with them.
Por favor subtitulada al español
Por que?
"...loose on the 'crack' train..."? Not sure what @PizzaFlix, the channel owner, meant by that in the description, lol. Love these old films (thank you for posting), but is it just me or can someone explain why at 12:45 in, the RR detective invited the lady to lunch, but the establishing scene outside the restaurant appears to be late at night? (Maybe the had a loooooooong lunch?)
"Crack" is an old word for express or fast limited.
@@stephenvanwoert2447 TY
Let's go smoke some "express".💨
@@scarygary-qq1pj OMW
Now ladies are scared to wear real furs. Luckily, faux furs are so real-looking and just as warm.
@Marie Ramby Many animals are skinned alive. I don't call that humane.
@Marie Ramby Thanks for the info. I shall search the church thrift stores.
Because of animalist terrorists, they are afraid. But if imitation fur looks like the real one, how can those terrorists tell them apart?
Why do people whine about the smoking? This was 100 years ago (yeah, I know, 80) LONG before the dangers of smoking were known. It was considered fashionable, even. Heck, it hadn't been that long since cocaine and heroine became illegal. We have, in some ways, become smarter.
King James called it a "stinking weed" in the 1600's
@For Truth yes, we know that NOW. The dangers were not known 100 years ago, but it never hurts to remind everyone.
I whine because it's just insane the way it was just such a part of society and nothing you could do about it if you didn't smoke and the smell makes me physically ill
Pretty funny. The Crook accidentally shot his own partner. He did say the next time he wanted to be in one of those things was when he was dead: Wish granted
Did you notice Track 23,like the Glenn Miller song
no, because it's Track 29, the Chattanooga Choo -Choo released in late 1941 and this was a 1940 movie.
Sorry, but your way off...
@@alpha-omega2362YOU'RE
Spoiler alert
i was a bit disappointed in the dialogue. The main detective saw his best colleague shot to death on a set up he was responsible for, and in the evening he's out flirting and drinking. Not a deep character.
shut up u piece of shit
It's frivolous on his part, you are right.
@@eggbertinkabod1121 Are you saying it looking at you in a mirror?
FYI. The guy in the Italian restaurant makes it clear he hasn't seen Val "for several weeks".
"For which he was responsible".😸
opening title music sounded like it was from the early thirtys
♥
No, in "Chattanooga Choo choo " it was Track 29, not 23. The big hit of.1941.
@@johnbockelie3899 wHAT?
😍😍😍👍👍👍👏👏👏.
What the heck is a "crack train"?!
A "crack train" is an express train between two big cities, like New York City and Chicago. It didn't stop at every station on the line and always had the best facilities.
@@300biggirl Thank you.
In India, we call them "Inter-City Express".
A "Crack" train would be the number one train. Or the fastest train.
@@johnbockelie3899, 10-Q sir, makes sense even as a mid-westerner! Peace & stay well!
If you're committing crime on a train -- how do you escape?
Convince them it wasn't you or use a helicopter gun ship.
Slip away when the train stops; it would take too many cops to guard every door in every car.
But the crook faked his escape all the time, and remained hidden inside a big trunk. Pulling the emergency cord was meant to mislead people into thinking he left the train, while he never did. Ingenious.
the non satanic decent good movies stopped about mid to late 40s - the descent began in the 50s on.
49:44 At some store?
He might have wanted to at least pass along the address.
Just saying.
I like the way men acted and kissed back then. Too bad about nowadays.
Too much smoking but that was the thing back then
Real men... Not like the feminine man/boys today
once again they take a great cast and screenplay with pretty good detail only to screw up the end with an arbitrary shoot out where both crooks get killed , stupid , really wrecks the flow of logic , maybe the clerk shooting but the robber needed to survive to get the chair
"Thanks" for "sharing" the ending...
oops , I didn't think anybody ever actually read these comments till AFTER watchin it , I don't
@@bobsaturday4273 To read the comments during the movie gives an idea of what people think of it at the time and how they enjoyed it by the end of the movie--without revealing the ending
@@bobsaturday4273 I read the comments to see if I want to Invest the time to watch it
Whatever happened to the sleek 100% silk dresses and nightgowns that
clung to every curve of the female body? They were sexier than anything else ever.
👍 Sure, but those nice curves have become grotesque now.
Kranz wasn't a very good shot - except when he didn't aim
No foul language, no incredible explosions, and much more entertaining than 95% of what’s released today!
Hard to believe that the fashion was to wear a full body ..head and all ..stuffed fox wrapped around you. I am glad that was a fashion that was left behind. Marjorie Reynolds was the female lead opposite Bing Crosby in Holiday Inn . She was blond for that movie.
What makes you think what you see in the movies is representative of fashion as a whole for the rest of the country? And if if it were is today's ragged jeans, drooping pants, and outfits that would make a whore proud is an improvement?
Thx so much for the memory reminder. Almost forgot she had starred in Holiday Inn....a true CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY CLASSIC.
My brothers always typed cast
So many trains, how do we,......hate to say it,....keep TRACK ?.
If I fall asleep watching this, and wake up in an hour or two , I'll bet they would still be on the case.
Amongst the worst thrillers ever made-beyond tedious
Demoncrat. That’s a new one! 😂😂😂👏👏👏
Ripuplican.
How do you like Demoncrap instead?
HOW CRUEL AND STUPID AND SILLY WEARING A DEAD FOX AROUND YOUR SHOULDERS. THANK HEAVENS THIS DOESN'T
HAPPEN ANY MORE.
Doris Day said she always regretted the furs she used to wear in her movies. A great animal lover 🐺🐱🦝🦊🐻
Different time. Different era. Thk God times have changed.
@@iignorerepliesfrombores4010 Doris Day. A true gem. One of the BEST.
@@MichaelGunner123 If you have seen the Nelson/MacDonald movie, "I Married an Angel," you'll recall the scene where Jeanette pats a woman's fur coat, and it purrs!!
That is one fashion statement which was FEMALE driven.
I LOVE old movies, especially the murder mysteries BUT I do not like how Hollywood portrayed minorities and cigarette smoking. ugh!
I was thinking the same thing (about the sometime negative portrayal of minorities).
CLASSIC FILMS!
Agree wholeheartedly about Hollywood's portrayal of minorities, especially blacks, back then. It was dehumanizing & plain ol' horrific. Cigarettes, on the other hand, were portrayed quite the opposite. Handled as they WERE back THEN. Surgeon General's warning didn't get affixed on cigarette pks till some 20+ years later, for instance. Chill out about cigarettes. I never have smoked but, back then, almost everyone smoked.
@@MichaelGunner123 , yes, everyone smoked back then, including children riding in cars with their parents, eating at home or in restaurants, airplanes, etc. Just because "Everyone did it back then", doesn't make it right. All the people who died of second hand smoke or had lung issues later in life, thank you for your comment.
Big tobacco ruled Hollywood in the 40s and 50s
I've gone blind trying to watch these ridiculous old films...can't see a thing.
Too bad.
These movies were made to kill time.
Suggest U get your eyes examined.
C+
C++ is a computer language.
@@alphonsozorro7952Is not.