Bowery at Midnight (1942)

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Release Date: Oct 30, 1942 Wide

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Bowery at Midnight casts Bela Lugosi as Professor Brenner, a psychology instructor at New York University (which looks a lot like Berkeley in the exterior shots!). When not enlightening his students -- most of them buxom Monogram starlets -- Brenner is engaged in charitable work, running a mission in the Bowery. In truth, however, the kindly professor is a fiend in human form, who uses his mission as a front for a vast criminal empire. When Judy (Wanda McKay), one of Brenner's students, stumbles

Unrated, 1 hr.

Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Wallace Fox

Written By: Gerald Schnitzer

In Theaters: Oct 30, 1942 Wide

On DVD: Oct 17, 2000

Cast

Bela Lugosi
Prof. Brenner/Karl Wagn...
John Archer
Richard Dennison
Wanda McKay
Judy Malvern
Tom Neal
Frankie Mills
Vince Barnett
Charley
John Berkes
Fingers Dolan
Ray Miller
Big Man
John Farrell MacDonald
Capt. Mitchell
Lew Kelly
Doc Brooks
Lucille Vance
Mrs. Malvern
Anna Hope
Mrs. Brenner
Bernard Gorcey
Shopkeeper
Wheeler Oakman
Stratton
Dave O'Brien
Pete Crawford
J. Farrell MacDonald

Critic Reviews for Bowery at Midnight

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quite boring

May 2, 2008 Comment

Stefan Birgir Stefansson

sbs.is

Great silly Lugosi Monogrammer

August 7, 2002 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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A good story, and it's got Lugosi, but it could have been a lot better.

September 5, 2010

AJ Verser

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Respectable low budget classic horror movies, enhanced by the presence of Bela Lugosi before his demise. Good atmosphere, not great by any means, but interesting to watch.

November 17, 2009