Midnight Shadow

Midnight Shadow is a 1939 film with an all African-American cast. It was directed and produced by George Randol, who was also African American.

Plot
The mind-reading Prince Alihabad courts a girl from Oklahoma played by Frances E. Redd. Her parents want to make her happy, but they do not like that Alihabad worships Allah. A killer is on the loose and locals fear that it might be Alihabad.

Cast

 * Frances Redd as Margaret Wilson
 * Buck Woods as Lightfoot
 * Richard Bates as Jr. Lingley
 * Clinton Rosemond as Mr. Dan Wilson
 * Jesse Lee Brooks as Sergeant Ramsey
 * Edward Brandon as Buster Barnett
 * Ollie Ann Robinson as Mrs. Emma Wilson
 * Laurence Criner (billed as John Criner) as Prince Alihabad
 * Pete Webster (actor) as John Mason
 * Ruby Dandridge as Mrs. Lingley
 * Napoleon Simpson as Mr. Ernest Lingley

Book coverage
The film was briefly discussed in terms of plot and as an African American production in the books Hollywood Be Thy Name: African American Religion in American Film, 1929-1949 and Whispered Consolations: Law and Narrative in African American Life.