MIDNIGHT MENACE aka BOMBS OVER LONDON (1937) Charles Farrell & Margaret Vyner | Drama, War | B&W

Midnight Menace is a 1937 British thriller film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Charles Farrell, Margaret Vyner, Fritz Kortner and Danny Green. The screenplay concerns an international arms manufacturing firm's plans to start a war in Europe by bombing London. It was released in the United States as Bombs Over London.

SYNOPSIS
When a reporter is killed under mysterious circumstances, the political cartoonist on his paper begins to investigate on his own. He finds that a vengeful industrialist may be trying to manipulate an international peace conference to stage a bombing attack on London.

CAST & CREW
Charles Farrell as Brian Gaunt
Margaret Vyner as Mary Stevens
Fritz Kortner as Peters
Danny Green as Socks
Wallace Evennett as Smith
Monti DeLyle as Pierre
Dino Galvani as Tony
Arthur Finn as Mac, Newspaper Editor
Laurence Hanray as Sir George, Lead Conspirator
Arthur Gomez as Baron von Kleisch, Delegate
Raymond Lovell as Harris
Evan John as Doctor Marsh
Reynes Barton as Conference President
Terence O'Brien as Secret Agent Fearns
Dennis Val Norton as Vronsky, Peters' Aide
Billy Bray as Banks
Sydney King as Graham Stevens
Andreas Malandrinos as Zadek
Victor Tandy as Groves

Directed by Sinclair Hill
Written by Alexander Mackendrick, Roger MacDougall, George Moresby-White, D.B. Wyndham-Lewis
Produced by Harcourt Templeman
Cinematography Cyril Bristow
Edited by John E. Morris
Music by John Reynders
Production company Grosvenor Films
Distributed by Associated British Film Distributors
Release date 1 July 1937
Running time 79 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English