Now, before we get into the essentials of how you can watch 'The Midnight Man' right now, here are some finer points about the Universal Film Manufacturing Company adventure flick. The Midnight Man starring James J. Corbett, Kathleen O'Connor, Joseph W. Girard, Noble Johnson has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 4 hr 30 min. The release date of the movie is September 1st, 1919.
Curious about the story behind it? Here's the plot: "Bob Gilmore, a young clubman, is called by telephone to his home, where his parents are giving him a birthday party. He overhears one of the men guests make a slurring remark about his mother's appearance, and proceeds to punish him then and there, throwing the entire gathering into an uproar. Later in the evening he assumes guilt for a check which had been in reality forged by his foster father, in order to save the mother's feelings, but obtains a written confession from the guilty man for future use if necessary. Learning that he had been adopted from a foundling asylum in infancy, Bob decides to go to New York to see if he cannot learn his real name, which he understands begins with "Mor.""
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'The Midnight Man' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on September 1st, 1919
