At the Stroke of Twelve backdrop
At the Stroke of Twelve poster
Trailer
At the Stroke of Twelve
5.0
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0h 20m
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1941
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Released
Overview
This entry in Warner's "Broadway Brevity" series of shorts is based on Damon Runyon's short story, "The Old Doll's House". Racketeer Lance McGowan, on the night he has decided to go straight, finds himself caught between the gunfire of two rival gangsters and, wounded by a bullet, he finds refuge in the home of a wealthy recluse. One of the gangsters is found riddled with bullets from the gun Lance dropped while making his escape, and he is arrested and tried for murder. The reclusive widow comes to the trail and testifies that Lance was her guest that night when the clock struck twelve, the time of the killing. Lance, while innocent, is also lucky, as the widow had her all her clocks set to always strike twelve, as the time her husband had died.

Cast
Craig Stevens poster
Craig Stevens
Lane McGowan
Elisabeth Risdon poster
Elisabeth Risdon
Abigail Osley, aka The Old Doll
Knox Manning poster
Knox Manning
Carson
Howard Da Silva poster
Howard Da Silva
Angie the Ox
Ben Welden poster
Ben Welden
Babe
Frank Ferguson poster
Frank Ferguson
Prosecuting Attorney
Eddie Dunn poster
Eddie Dunn
Policeman
Faye Emerson poster
Faye Emerson
Miss LaMond
Fred Kelsey poster
Fred Kelsey
Police Sergeant
John Ridgely poster
John Ridgely
Reporter

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