Midnight Taxi (1937 film)

Midnight Taxi is a 1937 American crime film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Brian Donlevy, Frances Drake and Alan Dinehart.^[2]

Midnight Taxi
Directed by	Eugene Forde
Written by	Borden Chase John Patrick Lou Breslow
Based on	story by Borden Chase[1]
Produced by	Milton Feld
Starring	Brian Donlevy Frances Drake Alan Dinehart
Cinematography	Barney McGill
Edited by	Alfred DeGaetano
Music by	Samuel Kaylin
Production company	Twentieth Century Fox
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox
Release date	April 5, 1937 (1937-04-05)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

A federal agent poses as a taxi driver to infiltrate a gang of counterfeiters.

Cast

• Brian Donlevy as Charles 'Chick' Gardner
• Frances Drake as Gilda Lee
• Alan Dinehart as Philip Strickland
• Sig Ruman as John B. Rudd
• Gilbert Roland as Flash Dillon
• Harold Huber as Walter 'Lucky' Todd
• Paul Stanon as Agent J. W. McNeary
• Lon Chaney Jr. as Detective Erickson
• Russell Hicks as Barney Flagg
• Regis Toomey as Hilton
• Agnes Ayres as Society Woman
• Joseph E. Bernard as Copy Reader
• Edgar Dearing as Officer Murray
• John Dilson as Doc Wilson
• James Flavin as Detective McCormick
• Creighton Hale as G-Man
• Sherry Hall as Monte
• Eddie Hart as Detective Morton
• Otto Hoffman as Louie the Tailor
• Frank Marlowe as Sailor
• Paul McVey as Robert Powers
• Frank Mills as Gas Station Attendant
• Frank O'Connor as FBI Agent
• Lee Phelps as Chief of Detectives
• Arthur Rankin as Sailor
• Pedro Regas as Dazetta
• Jeffrey Sayre as Buck
• Harry Semels as Joe, Counterman
• Harry Strang as FBI Agent
• Zeffie Tilbury as Mrs. Lane
• Hughey White as Newspaper Vendor
• Norman Willis as Jefferson

References

1. "HOYTS RITZ". Goulburn Evening Penny Post. New South Wales, Australia. June 11, 1937. p. 2 (DAILY). Retrieved October 12, 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
2. Smith p.203

Bibliography

• Smith, Don G. Lon Chaney, Jr.: Horror Film Star, 1906-1973. McFarland, 2004.

External links

• Midnight Taxi at IMDb