MIDNIGHT INTRUDER.

Former newspaper reporter Barry Gilbert and "Doc" Norton break into a vacant mansion belonging to the Reitters for shelter from the rain. Barry decides to impersonate John Reitter Jr. for a while when he learns the family will be away for weeks. A neighbor, Patricia Hammond, develops an interest in Barry, while a showgirl, Peggy, tells him her husband is being framed for the murder of a political bigshot. The real murderer is eventually caught and John is released.

Credits

Directed by
Arthur Lubin
Written by
George Waggner, Lester Cole
Cast
Louis Hayward, Selmer Jackson, Irving Bacon, Pierre Watkin, Fay Helm, Charles Sullivan
Complete catalog record
MIDNIGHT INTRUDER. 1938. 7 reels. Based on a novel by Channing Pollock. Credits: Associate producer, Trem Carr; director, Arthur Lubin; screenplay, George Waggner, Lester Cole; film editor, Bernard Burton. Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 1Feb38; LP7781.

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Sources

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