Midnight Limited

Mar 20, 1940

1h 1m

★ 5.0

DEATH RIDES THE RAILS!

Overview

The Phantom Robber gets a fortune in jewels and some valuable papers from a robbery on the crack train "The Midnight Limited" and Val Lennon and his pretty assistant, Joan Marshall, are on his trail. But the Phantom strikes three more times and adds murder to his list. Val decides to use himself as bait, although Chief Harrigan and Joan beg him not to risk his life. But Val, disguised as a wealthy Canadian, boards the train for a rendezvous with a killer.

Genres

Action

Adventure

Crime

Production Companies

Monogram Pictures

Midnight Limited Trailers

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Cast

Val Lennon

John 'Dusty' King

Joan Marshall

Marjorie Reynolds

Professor Van Dillon

George Cleveland

Captain Harrigan

Edward Keane

Abel Krantz

Monte Collins

Frenchie

I. Stanford Jolley

Train Conductor

Pat Flaherty

Trainman

Herbert Ashley

Mae Krantz

Lita Chevret

Jake Pringle (Uncredited)

Ray Bennett

Detective Conway (Uncredited)

Joe Caits

Inspector in Montreal (Uncredited)

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