Product Details

• Actors: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Frances Chan (II), Joseph Crehan, Helen Beverly
• Directors: Phil Rosen
• Format: Black & White, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• DVD Release Date: July 6, 2004
• Run Time: 65 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00020X86Q
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #32,146 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Charlie Chan in Meeting at Midnight" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Released in 1944 as Black Magic, this unusually absorbing (Los Angeles Times) mystery was celebrated on the revival circuit, making it one of the best-known films of the series! Filled with fun spiritualist gags, like levitating hankies and gamboling skeletons, Meeting at Midnight is a rendezvous you'll want to experience again and again! When Birmingham (Mantan Moreland) gets a job as a butler for the Bonner family, he doesn't know that they're con artists who specialize in trick sÃ(c)ances. But things get really spooky when a murder occurs and Charlie Chan's daughter Frances becomes a suspect! Charlie (Sidney Toler) surmises that nearly everybody has a motivebut even he doesn't yet realize how dangerous these ghoulish swindlers really are!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Chan Film, September 1, 2001

By	Stephen I Taylor "steve050" (Newtown, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Charlie Chan: Meeting at Midnight [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is definitely my favorite Chan film. Sidney Toler is the best of the Chans. It is an atmospheric film with some wonderful scenes. I love the seances and the scene where Toler is hypnotized and appears to be walking off a ledge is
as scary a scene as in any Chan movie.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WAY AHEAD OF IT'S TIME, June 6, 2001

By	"happy2teach" (down south) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Magic [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I remember the first time that I ever saw this movie. I was approximately 6 years old, and after watching it I couldn't get it out of my head. I'm in my mid-twenties now and I still can't. For this to be such an old movie, it has everything that makes todays movies great. There are ghosts, murder, intrigue, conspiracies, and more. I absolutely love the seance scene: it's the best scene in the whole movie. For anyone who loves the Charlie Chan movies, YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS ONE! It's funny and spooky at the same time. The lady who plays Chan's daughter is also great in this movie. I could go on and on about this movie all day! Trust me, if you buy this movie you will not be disappointed.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Basic Chan, December 13, 2002

By	Edward F. Lapinskas "Fast Eddie" (Dade City, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Charlie Chan: Meeting at Midnight [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you like the older genre mystery movies and are a "Chan Fan"
this is a must see. The off-spring are a little bit too cutsey
but that adds a little character to the film. Birmingham Brown is
a necessary element in the Chan series by injecting some humor.
As a parent who raised his kids on the 1930's & 1940's B / W mysteries this one is top family entertainment.