Murder at Midnight (1931)

★★★★ · Give It A Watch · billbarstad · 2011-05-26

Well presented, and with a light comedy touch, a conspiracy resulting in 4 murders can be solved just by following the story. How did the detective know the second death was murder and not suicide when he declared it to the household at the beginning of the second act? I don't know. No clues are shown or reason given. A motive isn't discovered until a little later. The explanation given by the criminologist as to how the device used in the last murder (and for something else, but I won't tell) worked seemed a stretch. These points aside, I very much enjoyed the show. It kept me engaged. There…

★★★ · Meandering Murder Mystery · Poohbah70 · 2019-09-13

The film has some promise at the start and has a bit of a bang at the end. In between we are stuck with the stock character collection of mystery stalwarts: the grump, dead-pan Police Inspector; a suave, even-tempered criminologist, who is asked to help the police because he was present when the murder occurred; the murder victim with no enemies; the victim's attractive wife who doesn't know a thing; her aunt, an officious, domineering busy-body; her brother, a high-strung young man, who is a nervous wreck for no apparent reason; the beautiful maid who is his lover (did Alice White have the…