

Bowery at Midnight
1942-10-30 · 62 min · ★ 5.0
A seemingly charitable soup kitchen operator (who moonlights as a criminology professor) uses his Bowery mission as a front for his criminal gang. Police attempt to close in on the gang as they commit a series of robberies, murders and bizarre experiments on corpses.
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- Directors
- Wallace Fox
- Production companies
- Monogram Pictures, Banner Productions
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Bela LugosiProf. Frederick Brenner aka Karl Wagner
John ArcherRichard Dennison
Wanda McKayJudy Malvern
Tom NealFrankie Mills
Vince BarnettCharley
John BerkesFingers Dolan
J. Farrell MacDonaldCapt. Mitchell
Dave O'BrienDet. Pete Crawford
Lew KellyDoc Brooks
Wheeler Oakman"Trigger" Stratton
George EldredgeDet. Thompson (uncredited)
Eddie KanePolice Chief Martin (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' PollardKnocked-out Motorist (uncredited)
Bernard GorceyShopkeeper (uncredited)
Willy CastelloJeweler (uncredited)
Bob ReevesHenchman (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
Walter McGrailCoroner (uncredited)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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