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Black Midnight
“Wild Suspense . . . Wild Adventure ! Thrilling Drama of a Wild Horse . . . and a Boy Who tames It !”
6.5 / 10• 1949• 1h 6m•NR• English
DramaWestern
Storyline
A young man with a love of horses, Scott Jordan (Roddy McDowall) lives on the family ranch with his uncle Bill (Damian O’Flynn). When he buys a wild stallion from his black-sheep cousin Daniel (Rand Brooks), Scott names the horse Midnight and does his best to tame him. But when the sheriff (Sky King’s Kirby Grant) suspects the stallion was stolen and Daniel’s plan to get rid of the horse ends with a man being trampled, Scott must prove Midnight acted in self-defense before his uncle destroys him. The fourth of six films McDowall coproduced and starred in for Monogram Pictures, Black Midnight was directed by Oscar “Budd” Boetticher, whose seven Westerns with Randolph Scott are considered classics of the genre.
Cast & Crew
Roddy McDowall
Scott Jordan
Lead
Damian O'Flynn
Bill Jordan
Lyn Thomas
Cindy Baxter
Kirby Grant
Sheriff Gilbert
Gordon Jones
Roy
Fay Baker
Martha Baxter
Rand Brooks
Daniel Jordan
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Budd Boetticher's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Black Midnight is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
