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Midnight Limited (1940)

5 | Mar 20, 1940 (US) | Action, Adventure, Crime | 01:01
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DEATH RIDES THE RAILS!

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.

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John 'Dusty' King
Val Lennon
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Marjorie Reynolds
Joan Marshall
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George Cleveland
Professor Van Dillon
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Edward Keane
Captain Harrigan
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Monte Collins
Abel Krantz
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I. Stanford Jolley
Frenchie
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Pat Flaherty
Train Conductor
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Herbert Ashley
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Lita Chevret
Mae Krantz
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Ray Bennett
Jake Pringle (Uncredited)

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CinemaSerf
5 | Jun 23, 2022
Sadly, the exciting billings for this tale of high speed shenanigans on a train don't quite deliver. "The Phantom Robber" pinches a fortune in jewellery whilst onboard the "Midnight Limited" and soon Dusty King & Marjorie Reynolds are on his trail. Things turn more violent as they turn the heat up on the culprit but nowhere near pacily enough to keep me interested. It is only an hour long, but has way too much monotonous dialogue from a pretty pedestrian cast, and precious little by way of adventure.