Midnight Manhunt (1945) [Comedy] [Crime] [Mystery]

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[@kittymervine6115]

just the sort of movie needed by those of us on lockdown. Simpler times, lovely humor, and pure escapism. Happily ever after also!

[@umbra2367]

Ah yes, the 1940s, World War, simpler times..

[@billandbenflowerpotmen2741]

@@umbra2367 there's always one wanker comment and yours is it.

[@fatheroflatus]

@@umbra2367 Yeah, how dare you insert an alternative perspective?

[@noahstanley5891]

Duzent yas means locked up and trowed aways da keyster?

[@bobbysands6923]

Leo Gorcy: one the funniest actors of all time and mostly forgotten. It is criminal. He was drop-dead funny, with his own language.

[@leelarson107]

And in real life he was regarded as definitely not a nice person.

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[@Misshmash]

Micky, Much better production values than I expected. Give 'em credit for starting the film with more than one macguffin. You pal, sQs

[@annclark4625]

I loved Leo Gorcy in the Bowery Boys. In NY in the early 70s, one of the TV stations used to run Abbott and Costello and the Bowery Boys late Sunday mornings. Those were the days.

[@777thetruth2]

I remember around 68-72, me and a few of my friends in Providence, RI used to go to a friends house who lived on the 3rd floor, and in those days, there were only 3 channels plus UHF which picked up a channel out of Boston. His father put an antenna with the electric motor on the chimney, and on Sunday’s, we would get there in the morning and his father would turn the antenna until it picked up the Boston channel, and we would watch The Three Stooges for 2 hours, then there would be an old movie like Godzilla, Mothra or one of the other Japanese monster movies, and there was Abbott and Costello, and many more I can’t remember. Those were the days man, I miss those happy, (mostly) carefree days!👍

[@Ourladyrules]

​@@777thetruth2we used to get our old movies on WNYU out of Buffalo, ch 29 on uhf with our rabbit ear antennas . it was great.

[@billwilkerson2415]

Yes Ann also Saturday matinee s

[@kathywright6853]

I learned about the Bowery boys from TCM on Saturday mornings when my dad was still living ,of course he knew all about them from when they first came out

[@rafaelmadrigal9038]

Right off the bat this movie started on the right foot and scored a home run for me. I recommend it.

[@garryferrington811]

Too bad this is probably the best version of this epic in existence. George Zucco was a fine British actor who went to Hollywood rather late in life.

[@lindarocco9974]

I love the way 'Clutch' was always using the wrong word to describe something. Hilarious. Thanks for posting this Timeless Classic Movies.

[@kiwitrainguy]

I think they're called "Malapropisms" (mal = bad or wrong and aprop = short for appropriate). Yes, I like them as well.

[@lindarocco9974]

@@kiwitrainguy gosh, I can't even remember what this movie was all about. I'm going to watch a few minutes of it to refresh my mind.

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[@lindarocco9974]

@@kiwitrainguy Hi, thanks for the correct word to describe this type of incorrect use of words. I watched 15 minutes of the movie to refresh my memory, and now I remember the story line. Funny stuff.

[@bigm383]

George Zucco always had a sinister air, even in these non-horror movies. Thanks for the upload.

[@johnwillard8311]

George Zucco was a villain in so many films that, even when he turned out to not be the villain, he was deliberately cast to make the audience suspect him. The same was true of Lionel Atwill and Henry Daniell.

[@eveyholmes]

Yes, I agree.

[@mikekutz5776]

So good. Great cast and story. Best show on the Tube, Ann Savage is such a good addition. What a doll.

[@phantomfan4659]

This is at times a literal laugh out loud classic. Good writing and acting. This was enjoyable from the first scene to the last.

[@dwalls1960]

Phantom Fan v

[@patrickoneill8707]

Any film with George Zucco is a winner.

[@patrickgoertz9747]

Fabulous old time comedy/mystery that I enjoyed a delightful morsel at a time. Too many current so called comedy mysteries present both parts in a loud, clumsly Did YouGet It way. I can count on these classis TCM films to present their heroes, villans and plots in a somewhat predictable fashion. The boy and girl end up together. The bad guys get theirs. On the way, though, I laugh, shed a tear and get a brief respite from the true ugliness on the news. Because of my real world, I NEED my TCM films, plots and characters more than ever. Patrick G. Age 65.

[@elhollins5988]

well said.

[@robinrosenthal3011]

I'm 52 and enjoy these movies! Everything now is violent. I just want peace and a nice break from it.

[@cw2gtc]

Yes, I'm with the rest of "our gang." I'm 58, and seek out the respite of the B&W classics. Also love my OTR radio places to visit. I keep trying to get my kids to spend some time decompressing with the classics. Its a world far improved from today's semi-porn and uber-violence, and severe dysfunctions of all sorts played out as normal. Thanx TCM!

[@tomkelly9714]

Blondie @ dogwood bumstead

[@elizabethbowie9753]

Huh wha' ??? I didn't like that violent scene, where S. Galliger gets knocked out.

[@Ourladyrules]

the good old days, when reporters could move dead bodies, contaminate crime scenes and all that fun stuff. good movie, i always like Leo Gorcey 🥂

[@markrubin9449]

Believe it or not, Leo Gorcey never won an Academy Award. Neither did George Zucco. The Academy really does screw up.

[@danielstanwyck2812]

+Mark Rubin Really? Bad enough they gave an award to Charlton Heston and countless others. But Leo Gorcey? As much as I enjoy him, he's simply a one-note character, much like Heston, except Heston is consistently Heston while Gorcey is consistently Gorcey - and I like his character more, by far. Zucco, however, does show much more versatility. Now, Ed. G. Robinson and Myrna Loy never got a nomination - that's serious. Or are you joking?

[@parrot0051]

@9TheMajor Why the hell even bring this crap up ?

[@gregorypalmer5403]

@AbsoluteTruth 10years from now the Academy Awards will have become about as unimportant as the Miss America "Paegant". Time marches on.

[@ruthmaryrose]

Gregory Palmer Add Nobel prize to that list.

[@markrubin9449]

Hey, SRV. I was only kidding about Leo Gorcey and George Zucco getting an Oscar.

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting/informative/entertaining. Enjoy viewing the interior lights/phones/refrigerator/interior of taxi cab of that era-!!!🤗. Remember Gorcey from the bowery boys-???🤔. Relaxing/humorous movie for a Sunday afternoon-!!!😉.

[@rogerrendzak8055]

Never thought I'd see, Zucco and Gorcey, together in the same film☺️👍!!!

[@wayupnorth9420]

Thank you for the movie

[@Red23165]

Great classic ❤keep them coming thanks 😊

[@JEFFIE-jp6kj]

What's better than a movie starring Leo Gorcey & George Zucco LUVIT :)

[@robertwalker5521]

They weren't in the same scene until the last "cab" scene..going to the police station...final scene

[@acdeucee]

Gtreat movie! Thanks for posting.

[@CiNENET-Artkeim]

Thank you for uploading. It is a great and funny peace of the "golden old movies".

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

PIECE

[@charlottepall6828]

love these movies good stories that make sense miss the good days

[@petescare13]

I fell in love with Ann Savage from watching DETOUR so many times. Zucco came to a grim end; the actor who played "mad" doctors so well spent the 1950s in asylums suffering from dementia (but imdb does not mention that, wiki does, and Kenneth Anger's book HOLLYWOOD BABLON goes into grim detail).

[@fluffylynxpuss5043]

Oh, that is so sad.

[@franlooving4203]

Don't forget Wikipedia allows anyone to write anything. It is not a credible source.

[@allenwatkins4972]

@@franlooving4203 It's pretty good for things like this.

[@carmenfoote7999]

Body, body, who's got the body? These old black and white movies are simply great and fun to watch. Great story line and cast for this classic movie. Joe S

[@draff1662]

Great low-budget poverty row film. Lots of fun to watch!

[@billywalkabout5076]

A possible mental deduction

[@chirellealanalooney8454]

D Raff. I think that term low- budget poverty row film is hilarious !!! I love it, and thank you loads for that phrase, it is great !!!

[@larry762]

The shadows played an important part in this story.

[@joyamongstforeverspark5422]

Cool

[@divingduck1970]

Weekend with Wells! Thanks TCM.

[@alfredmartinez6166]

Leo Gorcey mangling the English language in a way that made him famous.

[@vikiLarouche-g2r]

I share all of your sentiments however it's never quite the same when Hunts Hall is not casted. They are made to be together as they bring out the best in each other, it's like the Yin without the Yang.

[@donnawilcock5774]

Love the jacket on "Miss Gallagher"

[@jacquelinejanz8466]

Yes! Let’s put it to a vote!

[@stevenlester2606]

This is the FIRST time I've ever seen a woman get hit on the end deliberately to knock her out. Amazing.

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

HEAD

[@cgpyper7536]

Pretty good comic mystery ... even though we didn't get to go to Montevideo. Thanks Timeless C.M.

[@MrJerryk55]

love this movie thanks

[@shawnmalone9711]

Hey , I never saw this movie on television. It has Ann Savage in it! She played Vera in the 1945 film noir classic Detour. I see that Leo Gorcey is in this movie too. He was Spit in the 1937 movie Dead End. He was also Slip Mahoney in the East Side Kids film series , and Mugs McGinnis in the Bowery Boys. George Zucco was known for playing eccentric characters in those poverty row features , Bwah, ha, ha! Finally the movie actor William Gargan. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the best supporting actor category in 1940. He was also on the old time radio show Martin Kane Private Eye. He also played Martin Kane Private Eye on TV in 1957. All in all this looks like a good movie to watch.😀😀😀😀

[@chirellealanalooney8454]

Hey Shawn Malone, I'm wondering or curious if you would happen to know whatever happened to Gerald Mohr. He is the actor who played Philip Marlowe in The Adventures of Philip Marlowe. He had a great voice, and he reminded me of Humphrey Bogart. What I would really like to know is why he died so young, at age 54. Was he killed, or in a horrible accident? I would have loved to have seen Gerald Mohr and Humphrey Bogart together in a movie. Does Anybody out there know how he died? Because in my opinion, he had a lot to offer. Thank You,

[@stevebengel1346]

@@chirellealanalooney8454 he died from a heart attack after filming the pilot of a Swedish TV series, Private Entrance, in 1968

[@jacquelinejanz8466]

No one is afraid of these old hax We can just relax and enjoy our popcorn

[@jacquelinejanz8466]

Chirelle Alana Looney 😂😂 THANK YOU ! SS 👍

[@shawnmalone9711]

@@stevebengel1346 Correct! 👍

[@elgrovez13]

Optical Delusions, classic Leo Gorcey.

[@ruthmaryrose]

Gotta love the way he misuses words. It’s an art.

[@ruthmaryrose]

Humphrey Hogan Malapropism. Thank you. I knew there was a word for it but I couldn’t think of it. But I always have loved the way he does it. Don’t know who writes it but his choice of words is perfect.

[@ruthmaryrose]

Humphrey Hogan Exactly! So very clever! You might wonder if you just heard him wrong until you thought about it. And if he was ad libbing then he was most certainly quite clever indeed!

[@ruthmaryrose]

Humphrey Hogan Sounds like you’ve watched a lot more of him than I have, although I did enjoy him in any shows I had the opportunity to see. That’s interesting about his dad. How great to be working together-assuming of course that they had a good relationship.

[@robertwalker5521]

@@ruthmaryrose the comedian who hung out with the Rat Pack did the same.

[@badmoonrising3861]

I am a fan for life. Thanks.

[@southernwanderer7912]

What a great movie.

[@Red23165]

Great classic I still 40 years later still watching ❤

[@VictoriaAlfredSmythe]

Very nice

[@johnnyray1121]

In all these movies the cab driver must be deaf or stupid.

[@cliffordsikora9841]

What a pathetic character, knocking out the reporter with enough force to bring down two men

[@elizabethbowie9753]

Ikr??!!!

[@jeffreyriley8742]

I think I've seen every movie George Zucco was ever in.

[@carolleenkelmann4751]

Ooooh, dem sparklers.....and all those finger prints over the place. Yep, a Comedy. And I even laughed a couple of times!

[@rowbygoren1830]

With these low-budget films it helped to have a cast who knows how to deliver a performance. And clearly George Zucco knew his craft. No amount of "big budget" could take the place what Zucco added to a film. ...Rowby.

[@jacquelinejanz8466]

A great director gets a great performance..... As he deserves!

[@richardlake5116]

Wonderful family funny movie , a two bags of popcorn movie

[@scootergurl48]

And look at that giant hair blowing across the screen! LOL

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

Starts at 53:20.

[@michelegallagher9184]

I looked up Edna May Oliver movies...why did this come up

[@sarahkercheval8964]

“What, are you using last year’s brain or something?” 😂

[@swissuz]

I'm so sad these great films are such bad quality. I already have vision problems so this is frustrating.

[@pahrahinc3895]

The Mrs. says: These movies were made when actors acted, not read lines, like John Wayne, he acted the same in every damn crummy movie he ever made, and today it's even worse. For the ladies, notice how well dressed the women were of those times, my aunt dressed the exact same way, she wore big hats and always gloves and a fashionable clutch and gorgeous jewelry, the character actors were so talented, they could carry a story even if the movie was not that good. Great faces you will never see again.

[@seirbhiseach]

I think if the Mrs. knew ANYTHING about John Wayne, she would find he was the more likely a victim of type casting, rather than a two-dimensional actor. even in the transitioning of his typical roles in the late 60s, he was cast for the same roles in movies that wouldve been B-List if it weren't for him! Brannigan, In Old Carolina, and and North to Alaska are are a few films where he took on roles that deviated from his normal "Big Man with a Big Hat and a Big Gun" deal...

[@seirbhiseach]

@RRee Ceee in many cases, his delivery was rough, but the personality he gave to many of his most cliche and overdone character types made them each unique and believable. Many people look at them and say, “oh, no human was _ever_ like that...” except many of the silent, greater, or forgotten generation acted very much like he did. Members of my grandfathers generation have similar mannerisms to him, even similar speech patterns to his more multitudinous characters!

[@nancyhowell4505]

@@seirbhiseach Thank you, Alec, well said! 👏👍👍

[@DavidRice111]

The "I'm so tired" line wears "SO THIN" after the 2nd time! Leo Gorcey, as well as his dad, Bernard, and brother, David were avid cigar aficionados. I never could warm up to Ann Savage after her character in "Detour". She played the part so well, I never got past it. The name~ George Zucco, however, is a draw for any film. I bet he'd rank high on a "KZbin Who's-Who" list!

[@victorwadsworth821]

The one guy was in two Sherlock Holmes films, Moriarty in one of them George Zucco.

[@steveosier2754]

would like to see more oldies of the bowery boys

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

No.

[@pauljanssen2624]

These were the times when every law-abiding citizen was packing a firearm yeah I said it made law enforcement work a lot easier

[@allenwatkins4972]

Well, not every citizen. But quite a few did. Quite a few do today too.

[@oldepersonne]

But why did Joe Wells go to the wax museum in the first place? Or did I miss something?

[@mariar3767]

He was shot and he just tried to run and hide from the shooter I guess the museum was close from his room. The guy colapsed a few times , woke up , walked a little more and in the end just bleed to death

[@jacquelinejanz8466]

Ya gotta move fast around here!

[@elizabethbowie9753]

I thot the same thing. Then I wondered if it was the original version of, "Wax Museum," !!! 😄😄😁😁 🤭🤭🤭

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

I'M SO TIRED! 💤😴

[@menjobleeko4135]

Several slingers of sarcastic slang.

[@virnamisra1657]

Compulsorilly Complete Reimbursement Aditya Alok

[@davidcarlson2152]

My only complaint: not enough Leo Gorcey.

[@mtsenskmtsensk5113]

Mislabelled as British, these are American films

[@davidhull1481]

Where is it labeled as British?

[@Maria-kd7lf]

Could you please put Spanish subtitles?

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

No.

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Vera got clocked with a highway patrol caliber pistol whip!

[@elizabethbowie9753]

Ikr??!!! & No concussion There ere !!!

[@wesleyrodgers886]

Thank goodness for my VPN. 😏

[@jacquelinejanz8466]

😂

[@alyssajones4368]

I love mystery/crime comedic black and white films. I swear, I am truly a sucker for the movies during the Golden Age of Cinema era. Better than the lame cliche repetitive shit Hollywood spits out nowadays. Poor Mr. Miggs, he only wanted to go home because he was exhausted lol.

[@jeffreyriley8742]

Now that is some big hair on Ann Savage.

[@elizabethbowie9753]

Big hair, Real hair or wig, it's gorgeous!!!

[@jeffreyriley8742]

@@elizabethbowie9753 Agreed. I'm a big hair lover.

[@robertwalker5521]

She hung around until about age 90

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

Oh. I thought you meant that hair flapping around starting at 53:20.

[@debedwards1717]

The good old days, when journalist used to go after the truth.

[@elizabethbowie9753]

Yeah.& Get bonked on the head even if you're a woman... ??!!!!

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

​@@elizabethbowie9753Yeah, what's up with that?😕

[@stevengrotte2987]

The table lamp on the desk, is it pressured kerosene????

[@jacquelinejanz8466]

On the “Need to know”. ?

[@kiwitrainguy]

Not pressured, but with the offset reservoir they could mount the burner lower to better illuminate the desk. It may even be an electric lamp but made to look like an old kerosene lamp.

[@markburnett8]

LEO!!! :)

[@mickeybitsko1676]

We must, must, push to get Leo gorcey a star on Hollywood blvd. Right in front of bela stevens hangout Musso Frank

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Concrete block holding up a bridge? Joe wells or jimmy hoffa?

[@michaeltooke3398]

ha! that guy that can't pronounce words right, is funny!

[@raymondsaquet2922]

DAT'S LEO GORCY, DA DEAD END KID. ANY ONE DAT CAN'T SEE DAT I'D ADVISE YA' TA' SEE AND OPTIMIST!

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

Lou Costello wannabe.

[@voyager2saturn525]

Love from guwahati

[@DonHernandez-g3b]

Funny I never knew Little Louie from the Bowery boys was Leo's real father.

[@billywalkabout5076]

Let’s perambulate

[@jacquelinejanz8466]

So cute 😁

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

I knew this was going to be a good movie when I saw that Ray Berk was the set decorator.🙄

[@leelarson107]

Never liked Leo Gorcey. Many people who knew him said the same. Four women married and divorced him. The fifth one tolerated him for less than a year and then he died from heart problems brought on by heavy drinking.

[@nedludd7622]

Maybe writers back in the 30s and 40s must have had something against newspaper scribblers. They most often depicted the "big" reporters as pretentious scumbags and were probably right. Here he is a liar and a thief betraying his sometimes girlfriend for a "big" crime scoop. Why would she ever put up with him? He would have been smarter with a bit more lead in his head.

[@stevengrotte2987]

The New York Worlds Fair in 1939.

[@robertwalker5521]

Wrong one

[@Patrick-il4es]

Started out real slow, got slower, then boring and finally it was over.

[@craigkdillon]

Hard to believe that Leo Gorcey grew up in London.

[@DavidRice111]

+Craig Dillon He didn't. He was born to vaudevillian actors in NYC and grew up there. His father, Bernard played Leo Dumbrowski (the sweetshop owner) in the Bowery Boys films. (wiki is a great resource!)

[@peteshour768]

They passed that stiff around like a hot pataida, den dat dame started singing like a spring Canary, Then Smiley popped a cap with his heater at the coppers at the railyard.

[@liddyvasquez7919]

Good movie never cared for Leo gorcey though.

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

Yes. Lou Costello wannabe.

[@goldensmamma]

wouldn't play !

[@iknownothing4911]

If those actors and actresses didn't smoke,they didn't get the part. Crazy how many cigars,cigarettes were being smoked in this movie. They may have lived longer if they didn't chain smoke. Off topic I know. I'd rather watch old t.v. shows and listen to otr shows. Today's t.v. shows are junk.

[@AgnesCongdon-xk8hr]

Jimmy Durante is not in this movie, KZbin guessed wrong.

[@rickyelvis3215]

not gonna tell us the year it was produced ... no relevance you think ?

[@wisergnome]

same story cary grant di d a few years later

[@ruthmaryrose]

wisergnome I thought the story seemed familiar.

[@sarah_b_555]

Watermark in the bottom RT corner RUINED it for me

[@papukhan7857]

dost Hindi me dubbed walle daalo

[@Mimi-ex6jo]

👏🏾👏🏼👏🏽💚💛💜👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@asullivan4047]

I venture to guess that all the players are currently taking their eternal walk down " Hollywood Boulevard-???🤔😇

[@alexandramitsis6401]

lol

[@wojciechdziuba1485]

..2

[@mickeybitsko1676]

I thought jack benny was in this suboptimal trash

[@dorisbrinkerhoff8124]

25 cent movie

[@robertbolt5202]

Jesse. James

[@jacquelinejanz8466]

😉

[@virnamisra1657]

How hot welll hot coffee in his voice. Thhis Gallagher s 🔥 hottie. Struttie

[@michaelhunter7474]

,

[@erin19030]

Hollywood created a lot of trash films that passed for art and entertainment.

[@kathyflorcruz552]

Like now, you mean. These old ones outshine them by miles.

[@charlottepall6828]

Cosimo Kramarawicz movies today are trash.