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FilmCrimeMysteryRomance

Before Morning (1933)

1933-10-18 · 56m · EN
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A thrilling picturization of last season's outstanding mystery melodrama.

A night of love, intrigue, death and blackmail leaves stage-star Elise Manning's fate at stake in a conflict with the unscrupulous Doctor Gruell. A rejected lover dies in Miss Manning's apartment, and Gurell implies that the death was murder and attempts to blackmail the actress. The climax brings the actress, her fiancé and the dead-man's wife face-to-face in an emotional denouement.

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Arthur HoerlDirector

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Leo CarrilloLeo CarrilloDr. GruelleLora BaxterLora BaxterElsie ManningTaylor HolmesTaylor HolmesLeo BergmanBlaine CordnerBlaine CordnerHorace BarkerLouise PrussingLouise PrussingMrs. NicholsRussell HicksRussell HicksJim NicholsLouis Jean HeydtLouis Jean HeydtNeil KennedyVictor KilianVictor KilianEddie

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DeathBlackmailPre-code

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Genre affinityCrime · Mystery · RomanceTheme affinityDeath · Blackmail · Pre CodeMood preferenceRomanceNarrative complexityMysteryPacingShortEmotional intensityRomance

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What is Before Morning about?

A night of love, intrigue, death and blackmail leaves stage-star Elise Manning's fate at stake in a conflict with the unscrupulous Doctor Gruell. A rejected lover dies in Miss Manning's apartment, and Gurell implies that the death was murder and attempts to blackmail the actress. The climax brings the actress, her fiancé and the dead-man's wife face-to-face in an emotional denouement.

How long is Before Morning?

Before Morning has a runtime of 56 minutes.