Murder at Midnight (1931 film)

Murder at Midnight (a.k.a. The Monster Kills ) is a 1931 American pre-Code murder mystery whodunnit directed by Frank R. Strayer.

Plot
A murder during a game of charades at a society party leads the police to begin the hunt through the guest-list for a motive and culprit, involving a changed will and booby-trapped telephones. The killer strikes several more times to conceal his or her identity, until all is revealed.

Cast

 * Aileen Pringle as Esme Kennedy
 * Alice White as Millie Scripps
 * Hale Hamilton as Phillip Montrose
 * Robert Elliott as Inspector Taylor
 * Clara Blandick as Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy
 * Brandon Hurst as Lawrence
 * Leslie Fenton as Walter Grayson
 * William Humphrey as Colton
 * Tyrell Davis as The Englishman
 * Kenneth Thomson as Jim Kennedy
 * Robert Ellis as Duncan Channing

Post production
Footage from the film was re-used in The Mirror Crack'd (1980).

Preservation status

 * A print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation. A working/alternative title is The Monster Kills.