Midnight Lace (1960) ( Mid night Lace )

Midnight Lace (1960) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Alternate Title: Mid night Lace
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
108 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1960 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
David Miller

Written By:
Janet Green
Ivan Goff

Actors:
Doris Day ..... Kit Preston
Rex Harrison ..... Anthony 'Tony' Preston
John Gavin ..... Brian Younger
Myrna Loy ..... Beatrice ('Aunt Bea') Corman
Roddy McDowall ..... Malcolm
Herbert Marshall ..... Charles Manning
Natasha Parry ..... Peggy Thompson
Hermione Baddeley ..... Dora Hammer
John Williams ..... Insp. Byrnes
Richard Ney ..... Daniel Graham
Anthony Dawson ..... Roy
Rhys Williams ..... Victor Elliot
Richard Lupino ..... Simon Foster
Hayden Rorke ..... Dr. Garver
Doris Lloyd ..... Nora, The Housekeeper

Synopsis:

Kit (Doris Day), an American married to wealthy London businessman Tony Preston (Rex Harrison) becomes the terrified victim of a mysterious stalker, who she hears but can never see. She is threatened by the eerie, high-pitched voice as she walks in the thick London fog. She then begins receiving repeated threatening telephone calls. The now totally panicked Kit is nearly killed when someone pushes her in front of a bus. Unfortunately for Kit, no one but she hears the voice or the telephone calls and neither Tony, Kit's visiting aunt Bea (Myra Loy), or Scotland Yard take any of these incidents seriously. The only one who seems to believe Kit is Brian Younger (John Gavin), a construction foreman, but Kit is not convinced that she can trust him. The tension builds to a thrilling climax as Kit flees for her life on a scaffolding outside her apartment building. Midnight Lace is an exciting thriller, with many surprising plot twists and a nice sinister performance by Rex Harrison. Roddy McDowall is also fun as the son of Kit's housekeeper, who keeps hitting up his mom for money.

American heiress Kit Preston has lived in London for the past three months, ever since she got married to British financier Tony Preston, owner of his own business. One foggy day, a terrified Kit hears a high pitched, sing-song like man's voice saying to her among other things that he will kill her by the end of the month. This threat is followed by many more similar ones told to her over the telephone, with no one ever hearing the voice but her. Tony wants to believe her and tries on several occasions to assist her in finding out who is making the threats. Scotland Yard also gets involved, but Inspector Byrnes, after hearing more and more about the calls from Kit, believes her stories stem from a neglected housewife trying to get some attention. Both she and Tony would admit to Tony neglecting her as he is kept preoccupied with work difficulties. Even Kit's visiting Aunt Bea and the Preston's neighbor Peggy want to believe her, but their actions sometimes say otherwise. Could the caller be the seemingly sympathetic Brian Younger, the foreman of the construction site next to the Preston's flat, he who seems to know more about Kit than Kit has told him? Or could it be Malcolm Stanley, the Preston's housekeeper's parasite of a son? Kit has to find someone who can help her before the caller carries out his threat, which is increasingly making Kit hysterical as is her continued sighting of a man she believes is the caller.

In London, the American futile housewife Katherine 'Kit' Preston has been married for three months with the American executive Anthony 'Tony' Preston. In a foggy day, while walking in a park, Kit is threatened by a voice that tells that she will be murdered by the end of the month. On the next day, Kit receives a phone call from the stalker and she goes with Tony to the Scotland Yard, but Inspector Byrnes believes that Kit is making-up the story to get more attention from Tony. Kit welcomes her Aunt Bea but only she receives the phone calls. Would Kit be losing her mind?

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 28 June, 2018.